diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libpwquality/libpwquality_1.4.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libpwquality/libpwquality_1.4.0.bb
index 4f5ec1438f..daf6604f25 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libpwquality/libpwquality_1.4.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libpwquality/libpwquality_1.4.0.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
 DEPENDS = "cracklib virtual/gettext python3"
 RDEPENDS_python3-${PN} = "${PN}"
 
-inherit autotools python3native
+inherit autotools python3native gettext
 
 B = "${S}"