diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/ki18n/ki18n.bb b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/ki18n/ki18n.bb
index 6338dd53..9ecab83a 100644
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/ki18n/ki18n.bb
+++ b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/ki18n/ki18n.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CMAKE_ALIGN_SYSROOT[1] = "KF5I18n, -S${libdir}/lib, -S${STAGING_LIBDIR}/lib"
 CMAKE_ALIGN_SYSROOT[2] = "KF5I18n, -S${includedir}, -S${STAGING_INCDIR}"
 # revisit python?
 
-DEPENDS += "${BPN}-native qtscript"
+DEPENDS += "${BPN}-native qtscript qtdeclarative"
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS}/kf5"
 FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${OE_QMAKE_PATH_PLUGINS}/kf5/.debug"