diff --git a/recipes/gconf/gconf_3.2.6.oe b/recipes/gconf/gconf_3.2.6.oe
index 246382cd1..657c9faf6 100644
--- a/recipes/gconf/gconf_3.2.6.oe
+++ b/recipes/gconf/gconf_3.2.6.oe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ inherit autotools pkgconfig gettext
 
 DEPENDS = "libxml2 libm libdbus-1 libdbus-glib-1 \
            libgobject libglib libgthread libgmodule libgio \
-           native:glib-utils"
+           native:glib-utils native:intltool"
 
 S = "${SRCDIR}/GConf-${PV}"