diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdris2/fix-gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdris2/fix-gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9b52f605dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdris2/fix-gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git i/configure.ac w/configure.ac
+index dcc3c3d..888dc12 100644
+--- i/configure.ac
++++ w/configure.ac
+@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ AC_INIT([mpDris2],
+ 	[mpdris2],
+ 	[https://github.com/eonpatapon/mpDris2])
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.21])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 tar-ustar foreign])
+ 
+ m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdris2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdris2/package.nix
index 77629454a09e..05935093bfb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdris2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdris2/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   autoreconfHook,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  gettext,
   glib,
   gobject-introspection,
   intltool,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
+    gettext
     gobject-introspection
     intltool
     wrapGAppsHook3
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pygobject3
   ];
 
+  patches = [ ./fix-gettext-0.25.patch ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "MPRIS 2 support for mpd";
     homepage = "https://github.com/eonpatapon/mpDris2/";