diff --git a/projects/gnu.org/gettext/package.yml b/projects/gnu.org/gettext/package.yml
index c83c9890..48b02dd4 100644
--- a/projects/gnu.org/gettext/package.yml
+++ b/projects/gnu.org/gettext/package.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ distributable:
 dependencies:
   gnome.org/libxml2: 2
   #TODO ncurses
+  tukaani.org/xz: 5 # autopoint needs this to unpack archives
 
 versions:
   github: autotools-mirror/gettext/tags