From f352780c96819972b5f87ce0c7487c242f0ec5b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:56:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] systemd: don't try to dlopen libintl.so.8 on musl

---
 pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index fd0c8cc9da44..eab1a27055ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -319,7 +319,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     buildPackages.llvmPackages.libllvm
   ];
 
-  autoPatchelfFlags = [ "--keep-libc" ];
+  autoPatchelfFlags = [
+    "--keep-libc"
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [
+    # TODO: can be unconditionalized on staging.
+    # Nixpkgs does not rely on gettext for libintl for musl.
+    "--ignore-missing=libintl.so.8"
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     libxcrypt