diff --git a/package/vte/vte.mk b/package/vte/vte.mk
index 90853cb4a5..7332a1ae04 100644
--- a/package/vte/vte.mk
+++ b/package/vte/vte.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 VTE_VERSION = 0.48.3
 VTE_SOURCE = vte-$(VTE_VERSION).tar.xz
 VTE_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/vte/0.48
-VTE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libgtk3 libxml2 pcre2
+VTE_DEPENDENCIES = host-intltool host-pkgconf libgtk3 libxml2 pcre2
 VTE_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 VTE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 VTE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-introspection --without-gnutls --disable-vala