diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ga/galculator/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ga/galculator/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed992f578e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ga/galculator/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
+index d71fc6a..fd14845 100644
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+ 
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
++
+ AC_PROG_CC
+ AC_PROG_INTLTOOL(, no-xml)
+ AC_ISC_POSIX
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ga/galculator/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ga/galculator/package.nix
index 08458baca22d..56944fc0e439 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ga/galculator/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ga/galculator/package.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       url = "https://github.com/galculator/galculator/commit/501a9e3feeb2e56889c0ff98ab6d0ab20348ccd6.patch";
       hash = "sha256-qVJHcfJTtl0hK8pzSp6MjhYAh1NbIIWr3rBDodIYBvk=";
     })
+    ./gettext-0.25.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [