diff --git a/package/fetchmail/fetchmail.mk b/package/fetchmail/fetchmail.mk
index e910019fcf..7154ea4da6 100644
--- a/package/fetchmail/fetchmail.mk
+++ b/package/fetchmail/fetchmail.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ FETCHMAIL_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/fetchmail/branch_$(FET
 FETCHMAIL_LICENSE = GPLv2; some exceptions are mentioned in COPYING
 FETCHMAIL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 FETCHMAIL_AUTORECONF = YES
+FETCHMAIL_GETTEXTIZE = YES
 
 FETCHMAIL_CONF_ENV += LIBS="-lz"