diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/default.nix
index bf595108baaf6..0d30500f34524 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, fixDarwinDylibNames, testers, buildPackages }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, fixDarwinDylibNames, testers, buildPackages, updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook }:
 
 let
   make-icu = (import ./make-icu.nix) {
-    inherit stdenv lib buildPackages fetchurl fixDarwinDylibNames testers;
+    inherit stdenv lib buildPackages fetchurl fixDarwinDylibNames testers updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook;
   };
 in
 {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/make-icu.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/make-icu.nix
index 3e65e80ef7c4d..575f184c163fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/make-icu.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/icu/make-icu.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, buildPackages, fetchurl, fixDarwinDylibNames, testers }:
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPackages, fetchurl, fixDarwinDylibNames, testers, updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook }:
 
 { version, hash, patches ? [], patchFlags ? [], withStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic }:
 
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ let
     outputs = [ "out" "dev" ] ++ lib.optional withStatic "static";
     outputBin = "dev";
 
-    # FIXME: This fixes dylib references in the dylibs themselves, but
-    # not in the programs in $out/bin.
-    nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook ] ++
+      # FIXME: This fixes dylib references in the dylibs themselves, but
+      # not in the programs in $out/bin.
+      lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
+
 
     # remove dependency on bootstrap-tools in early stdenv build
     postInstall = lib.optionalString withStatic ''