diff --git a/files/apts/general b/files/apts/general
index c308c46..3fe7863 100644
--- a/files/apts/general
+++ b/files/apts/general
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
 libyaml-dev
 libffi-dev
 libssl-dev # for pyOpenSSL
+gettext  # used for compiling message catalogs