diff --git a/filesys/acl/DEPENDS b/filesys/acl/DEPENDS
index 16e481949..b93f2680f 100644
--- a/filesys/acl/DEPENDS
+++ b/filesys/acl/DEPENDS
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 depends  attr
+
+optional_depends "gettext" "--enable-gettext" "--disable-gettext" "for NLS support"