diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-i18n/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-i18n/package.nix
index 5aac2590db82..8ca8dda553d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-i18n/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-i18n/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , rustPlatform
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, gettext
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-vN62QmCuhu7AjL6xSpBU6/ul4WgNLZbjWDCFyHj6rIM=";
 
+  # Devendor gettext in the gettext-sys crate. The paths to the bin/lib/include folders have to be specified because
+  # setting `GETTEXT_SYSTEM` only works on some platforms (i.e., not Darwin).
+  env = {
+    GETTEXT_BIN_DIR = "${lib.getBin gettext}/bin";
+    GETTEXT_LIB_DIR = "${lib.getLib gettext}/lib";
+    GETTEXT_INCLUDE_DIR = "${lib.getInclude gettext}/include";
+  };
+
   cargoTestFlags = [ "--lib" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {