diff --git a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
index e4db12e8e271f8a314f2d642d55b4c6106c8a725..b0602460b99f79076a420d26bc6873a3271d6def 100644
--- a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
+++ b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
@@ -2250,6 +2250,7 @@ class AssertPython27(AssertSoftwareMixin):
   rpath_list = [
       'bzip2',
       'gdbm',
+      'gettext',
       'ncurses',
       'openssl',
       'readline',