diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yad/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yad/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02f551459ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yad/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 20a4e42..921ba18 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.59])
+ 
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src])
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+ 
+ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+ 
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
++
+ IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.40.0])
+ 
+ AC_PROG_CC
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yad/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yad/package.nix
index 7b1bf736bcd0..18ba4405374c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yad/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yad/package.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-Y7bp20fkNdSgBcSV1kPEpWEP7ASwZcScVRaPauwI72M=";
   };
 
+  # FIXME: remove when gettext is fixed
+  patches = [ ./gettext-0.25.patch ];
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-icon-browser"
     "--with-gtk=gtk3"