diff --git a/debian/_base/applications/wlassistant/debian/control b/debian/_base/applications/wlassistant/debian/control
index 33728c8ab..9bc1a45c6 100644
--- a/debian/_base/applications/wlassistant/debian/control
+++ b/debian/_base/applications/wlassistant/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: tde
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net>
 Uploaders: Achim Bohnet <ach@mpe.mpg.de>, Mark Purcell <msp@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cmake, cdbs, tdelibs14-trinity-dev, net-tools, wireless-tools, libiw-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), cdbs, quilt, cmake, intltool | gettext (>= 0.19~), tdelibs14-trinity-dev, net-tools, wireless-tools, libiw-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 
 Package: wlassistant-trinity
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/applications/wlassistant/debian/control b/ubuntu/_base/applications/wlassistant/debian/control
index 818d00f17..b97114f9d 100644
--- a/ubuntu/_base/applications/wlassistant/debian/control
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/applications/wlassistant/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: tde
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net>
 Uploaders: Achim Bohnet <ach@mpe.mpg.de>, Mark Purcell <msp@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cmake, cdbs, tdelibs14-trinity-dev, net-tools, wireless-tools, libiw-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), cdbs, quilt, cmake, intltool | gettext (>= 0.19~), tdelibs14-trinity-dev, net-tools, wireless-tools, libiw-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 
 Package: wlassistant-trinity