diff --git a/debian/_base/applications/kbibtex/debian/control b/debian/_base/applications/kbibtex/debian/control
index 5179f9d2e..de12e15b2 100644
--- a/debian/_base/applications/kbibtex/debian/control
+++ b/debian/_base/applications/kbibtex/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: kbibtex-trinity
 Section: tde
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cdbs, cmake, tdelibs14-trinity-dev (>= 3.3.2), libxslt1-dev, libyaz-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cdbs, cmake, intltool | gettext (>= 0.19~), tdelibs14-trinity-dev (>= 3.3.2), libxslt1-dev, libyaz-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.0
 Homepage: http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~fischer/kbibtex
 Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-exppsy/kbibtex.git
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/applications/kbibtex/debian/control b/ubuntu/_base/applications/kbibtex/debian/control
index 5179f9d2e..de12e15b2 100644
--- a/ubuntu/_base/applications/kbibtex/debian/control
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/applications/kbibtex/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: kbibtex-trinity
 Section: tde
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cdbs, cmake, tdelibs14-trinity-dev (>= 3.3.2), libxslt1-dev, libyaz-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cdbs, cmake, intltool | gettext (>= 0.19~), tdelibs14-trinity-dev (>= 3.3.2), libxslt1-dev, libyaz-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.0
 Homepage: http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~fischer/kbibtex
 Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-exppsy/kbibtex.git