diff --git a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.use/releng/openmp b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.use/releng/openmp
index 5541b902..12d4d4bb 100644
--- a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.use/releng/openmp
+++ b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.use/releng/openmp
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 # here to avoid failures in stage3
 app-crypt/libb2 -openmp
 app-portage/portage-utils -openmp
+sys-devel/gettext -openmp
diff --git a/releases/portage/stages/package.use/releng/openmp b/releases/portage/stages/package.use/releng/openmp
index 5541b902..12d4d4bb 100644
--- a/releases/portage/stages/package.use/releng/openmp
+++ b/releases/portage/stages/package.use/releng/openmp
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 # here to avoid failures in stage3
 app-crypt/libb2 -openmp
 app-portage/portage-utils -openmp
+sys-devel/gettext -openmp