diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ebc2aa9a01886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index af28077..e746147 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+ 
++SUBDIRS =
++
+ AM_YFLAGS = -d -Wno-yacc
+ 
+ bin_PROGRAMS = html2text
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 999c6fe..30c2536 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
+ 
+ AC_PREREQ([2.71])
+ AC_INIT([html2text], [2.3.0], [BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS])
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([disable])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.20])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+ AM_ICONV
+ #AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([html.h])
+ #AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/package.nix
index 7e6e46d6033f0..80969c8e34a48 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ht/html2text/package.nix
@@ -2,22 +2,35 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitLab,
+  autoconf-archive,
   autoreconfHook,
+  bison,
+  gettext,
   libiconv,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "html2text";
-  version = "2.2.3";
+  version = "2.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "grobian";
     repo = "html2text";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-7Ch51nJ5BeRqs4PEIPnjCGk+Nm2ydgJQCtkcpihXun8=";
+    hash = "sha256-e/KWyc7lOdWhtFC7ZAD7sYgCsO3JzGkLUThVI7edqIQ=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf-archive
+    autoreconfHook
+    bison
+    gettext
+  ];
+
+  # These changes have all been made in HEAD, across several commits
+  # amongst other changes.
+  # See https://gitlab.com/grobian/html2text/-/merge_requests/57
+  patches = [ ./gettext-0.25.patch ];
 
   buildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin libiconv;