diff --git a/puppet/modules/colab/manifests/requirements.pp b/puppet/modules/colab/manifests/requirements.pp
index c10e1cf..333f802 100644
--- a/puppet/modules/colab/manifests/requirements.pp
+++ b/puppet/modules/colab/manifests/requirements.pp
@@ -74,4 +74,9 @@ class colab::requirements {
   package { 'libxslt1-dev':
     ensure => installed,
   }
+
+  # req by Django L10N
+  package { 'gettext':
+    ensure => installed,
+  }
 }
--
libgit2 0.21.2