diff --git a/x11/gnome/gnome.port.mk b/x11/gnome/gnome.port.mk
index 8ccbebbde0e..ed037323839 100644
--- a/x11/gnome/gnome.port.mk
+++ b/x11/gnome/gnome.port.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: gnome.port.mk,v 1.47 2011/09/20 20:59:25 ajacoutot Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: gnome.port.mk,v 1.48 2011/09/27 11:37:52 ajacoutot Exp $
 #
 # Module for GNOME related ports
 #
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ FAKE_FLAGS +=	itlocaledir="${PREFIX}/share/locale/"
 # * yelp: Use this if there are any files under share/gnome/help/
 #   in the pkg list and it calls gnome_help_display() -- gnome-doc-utils is
 #   here to make sure we have a dependency on rarian (scrollkeeper-*) and
-#   have access to the gnome-doc-* tools (not always needed but easier).
+#   have access to the gnome-doc-* tools (not always needed but easier);
+#   same goes with itstool.
 #
 # Please note that if you're using multi-packages, you have to use the
 # MODGNOME_RUN_DEPENDS_${tool} in your multi package RUN_DEPENDS.
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ MODGNOME_CONFIGURE_ARGS_vala=--disable-vala
 .   endif
 
 .   if ${MODGNOME_TOOLS:Myelp}
+        MODGNOME_BUILD_DEPENDS+=textproc/itstool
         MODGNOME_BUILD_DEPENDS+=x11/gnome/doc-utils
         _yelp_depend=x11/gnome/yelp
         MODGNOME_RUN_DEPENDS+=${_yelp_depend}