diff --git a/debian/_base/applications/knetstats/debian/control b/debian/_base/applications/knetstats/debian/control
index 40e1a1bd3..ba361d3bb 100644
--- a/debian/_base/applications/knetstats/debian/control
+++ b/debian/_base/applications/knetstats/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: knetstats-trinity
 Section: tde
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cdbs, cmake, tdelibs14-trinity-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cdbs, cmake, intltool | gettext (>= 0.19~), tdelibs14-trinity-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Homepage: http://knetstats.sourceforge.net/
 
diff --git a/ubuntu/_base/applications/knetstats/debian/control b/ubuntu/_base/applications/knetstats/debian/control
index 9564752ef..e23019643 100644
--- a/ubuntu/_base/applications/knetstats/debian/control
+++ b/ubuntu/_base/applications/knetstats/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: knetstats-trinity
 Section: tde
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cdbs, cmake, tdelibs14-trinity-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), quilt, cdbs, cmake, intltool | gettext (>= 0.19~), tdelibs14-trinity-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Homepage: http://knetstats.sourceforge.net/