diff --git a/classes/gettext.bbclass b/classes/gettext.bbclass
index 6c480b5..2303311 100644
--- a/classes/gettext.bbclass
+++ b/classes/gettext.bbclass
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ python () {
 DEPENDS_GETTEXT = "gettext-native virtual/libiconv virtual/libintl"
 
 DEPENDS =+ "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT}"
+DEPENDS_virtclass-native_prepend = "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT} "
+DEPENDS_virtclass-nativesdk_prepend = "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT} "
+DEPENDS_virtclass-cross_prepend = "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT} "
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-nls"