diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 2b3afb09412..3538339fa29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -5104,6 +5104,8 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
 
   LocaleGettext = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "LocaleGettext-1.05";
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.gettext ];
+    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-lintl";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PV/PVANDRY/gettext-1.05.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "15262a00vx714szpx8p2z52wxkz46xp7acl72znwjydyq4ypydi7";