diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/quota/quota_4.01.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/quota/quota_4.01.bb
index e2b7ad73e5..1cb6650f22 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/quota/quota_4.01.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/quota/quota_4.01.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/quota-tools"
 
 DEPENDS = "gettext-native"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools gettext
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += 'STRIP=""'