diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/default.nix
index b0ad6cece22d..6ca154bad745 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [
+    # Fix build with gettext 0.25
+    ./gettext-0.25.patch
     # Build with enchant 2
     # https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/tree/packages/gtkspell/trunk
     (fetchpatch {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abe8c5446508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtkspell/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index e926833..667a8e6 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(gtkspell/gtkspell.c)
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(AC_PACKAGE_NAME, AC_PACKAGE_VERSION)
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+ 
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
++
+ SPELLER_LIB=-lenchant
+       
+ AC_SUBST(SPELLER_LIB)