diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 96d002e6331..e7e4c86e6a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { abiCompat ? null,
   stdenv, makeWrapper, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, buildPackages,
-
-  automake, autoconf, libiconv, libtool, intltool, mtdev, libevdev, libinput,
+  automake, autoconf, gettext, libiconv, libtool, intltool, mtdev, libevdev, libinput,
   freetype, tradcpp, fontconfig, meson, ninja,
   libGL, spice-protocol, zlib, libGLU, dbus, libunwind, libdrm,
   mesa_noglu, udev, bootstrap_cmds, bison, flex, clangStdenv, autoreconfHook,
@@ -442,6 +441,10 @@ self: super:
     '';
   });
 
+  xload = super.xload.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+    nativeBuildInputs = attrs.nativeBuildInputs ++ [ gettext ];
+  });
+
   xlsfonts = super.xlsfonts.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
     meta = attrs.meta // { license = lib.licenses.mit; };
   });