diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_44.1.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_44.1.bb
index decae6b2c7..93cad3fc88 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_44.1.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_44.1.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     gtk+3 \
     icu \
     iso-codes \
+    itstool-native \
     json-glib \
     libhandy \
     libical \