diff --git a/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.44-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.44-r1.ebuild
index 18667b7e7fb5b..4145b81a05d9f 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.44-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-distutils-extra/python-distutils-extra-2.44-r1.ebuild
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 		dev-libs/gobject-introspection
 		dev-python/httplib2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pygobject[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-util/intltool
 	)"
 
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