diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 50660e4..77cd016 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class jenkins::params {
       # packages needed by document translation
       $gnome_doc_package = 'gnome-doc-utils'
       $libtidy_package = 'libtidy'
+      $gettext_package = 'gettext'
       # for keystone ldap auth integration
       $libsasl_dev = 'cyrus-sasl-devel'
       $nspr_dev_package = 'nspr-devel'
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ class jenkins::params {
       # packages needed by document translation
       $gnome_doc_package = 'gnome-doc-utils'
       $libtidy_package = 'libtidy-0.99-0'
+      $gettext_package = 'gettext'
       # for keystone ldap auth integration
       $libsasl_dev = 'libsasl2-dev'
       $mysql_dev_package = 'libmysqlclient-dev'
diff --git a/manifests/slave.pp b/manifests/slave.pp
index c597797..cfdac36 100644
--- a/manifests/slave.pp
+++ b/manifests/slave.pp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class jenkins::slave(
     $::jenkins::params::docbook_xml_package, # for building openstack docs
     $::jenkins::params::docbook5_xml_package, # for building openstack docs
     $::jenkins::params::docbook5_xsl_package, # for building openstack docs
+    $::jenkins::params::gettext_package, # for msgfmt, used in translating manuals
     $::jenkins::params::gnome_doc_package, # for generating translation files for docs
     $::jenkins::params::graphviz_package, # for generating graphs in docs
     $::jenkins::params::firefox_package, # for selenium tests