diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ar/ario/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ario/package.nix
index f53ba3356b75..63de04284726 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ar/ario/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ario/package.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     taglib
   ];
 
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    gettextize --force --copy
+  '';
+
   postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
     for file in $out/lib/ario/plugins/*.dylib; do
       ln -s $file $out/lib/ario/plugins/$(basename $file .dylib).so