diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sn/sniproxy/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sniproxy/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ca8353ad854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sniproxy/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index cac74f1..a6bc935 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
+ AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
+ AC_GNU_SOURCE
+ 
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
++
+ # Checks for programs.
+ AC_PROG_CC_C99
+ # Required by automake < 1.14
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sn/sniproxy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sniproxy/package.nix
index 9714d6de36d1..9bc9fef31e34 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sn/sniproxy/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sniproxy/package.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-htM9CrzaGnn1dnsWQ+0V6N65Og7rsFob3BlSc4UGfFU=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./gettext-0.25.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     pkg-config