diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/default.nix
index b663839ac53c..b0ad6cece22d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     docbook_xsl
+    gtk2 # GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
     gtk-doc
     intltool
     pkg-config