diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/moc/fix_gettext_0_25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/mo/moc/fix_gettext_0_25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1efbe84e73bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/moc/fix_gettext_0_25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
+index eb71bdf..ba056df 100644
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+ AC_INIT([Music On Console],[2.6-alpha3],[mocmaint@daper.net],[moc],
+                            [http://moc.daper.net/])
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+ 
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-xz no-dist-gzip])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.20])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+ 
+ AC_PREREQ([2.64])
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/moc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mo/moc/package.nix
index 676b435661ba..bb9c35333e23 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mo/moc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/moc/package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   autoreconfHook,
   autoconf-archive,
+  gettext,
   ncurses,
   db,
   popt,
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     })
 
     ./use-ax-check-compile-flag.patch
+    ./fix_gettext_0_25.patch
   ]
   ++ lib.optional pulseSupport ./pulseaudio.patch;
 
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pkg-config
     autoreconfHook
     autoconf-archive
+    gettext
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [