diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix
index 2e590e4ed8a2..54101465e6c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   mkXfceDerivation,
   clutter,
+  gettext,
   libXcomposite,
   libXinerama,
   libXdamage,
@@ -19,10 +20,16 @@
 mkXfceDerivation {
   category = "apps";
   pname = "xfdashboard";
-  version = "1.0.0";
+  version = "1.0.0-unstable-2025-07-18";
+  # Fix build with gettext 0.25
+  rev = "93255940950ef5bc89cab729c8b977a706f98e0c";
   rev-prefix = "";
 
-  sha256 = "sha256-iC41I0u9id9irUNyjuvRRzSldF3dzRYkaxb/fgptnq4=";
+  sha256 = "sha256-Qv0ASuJF0FzPoeLx2D6/kXkxnOJV7mdAFD6PCk+CMac=";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     clutter
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin/default.nix
index 21ca6797c747..048f75f87d0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  gettext,
   pkg-config,
   intltool,
   gtk3,
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
     pkg-config
     intltool
     xfce4-dev-tools
@@ -37,6 +39,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     i3ipc-glib
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix build with gettext 0.25
+    # https://hydra.nixos.org/build/302762031/nixlog/2
+    # FIXME: remove when gettext is fixed
+    ./gettext-0.25.patch
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..307c8ca563ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
+index 7932c16..1778d38 100644
+--- a/configure.ac.in
++++ b/configure.ac.in
+@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (C) 2014
+ AC_INIT([xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin], [plugin_version], [https://github.com/denesb/xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin/issues], [xfce4-i3-workspaces-plugin])
+ AC_PREREQ([2.50])
+ AC_REVISION([xfce4_panel_version_build])
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+ 
+ dnl ***************************
+ dnl *** Initialize automake ***
+@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ dnl ***************************
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.8 no-dist-gzip dist-bzip2 tar-ustar])
+ AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE()
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.21])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+ m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+ 
+ dnl **************************