diff --git a/meta/classes/gettext.bbclass b/meta/classes/gettext.bbclass
index a40e74f..45e883f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gettext.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gettext.bbclass
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ def gettext_after_parse(d):
         cfg = oe_filter_out('^--(dis|en)able-nls$', bb.data.getVar('EXTRA_OECONF', d, 1) or "", d)
         cfg += " --disable-nls"
         depends = bb.data.getVar('DEPENDS', d, 1) or ""
-        bb.data.setVar('DEPENDS', oe_filter_out('^(virtual/libiconv|virtual/libintl)$', depends, d), d)
+        bb.data.setVar('DEPENDS', oe_filter_out('^(gettext|gettext-native|virtual/libiconv|virtual/libintl)$', depends, d), d)
         bb.data.setVar('EXTRA_OECONF', cfg, d)
 
 python () {
@@ -13,5 +13,9 @@ python () {
 
 DEPENDS_GETTEXT = "gettext gettext-native"
 
-DEPENDS =+ "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT}"
+DEPENDS_prepend += "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT} "
+DEPENDS_virtclass-native_prepend = "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT} "
+DEPENDS_virtclass-nativesdk_prepend = "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT} "
+DEPENDS_virtclass-cross_prepend = "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT} "
+DEPENDS_virtclass-crosssdk_prepend = "${DEPENDS_GETTEXT} "
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-nls"