diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.21.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.21.1.bb
index ec80a89e49..b80ea9276e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.21.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.21.1.bb
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ do_install_ptest() {
     fi
 }
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "make xz"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "make xz bash"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest:append:libc-glibc = "\
     glibc-gconv-big5 \
     glibc-charmap-big5 \