diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcryptui/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcryptui/default.nix
index a019b9437ec83..26cb2f33b42d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcryptui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcryptui/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
   autoreconfHook,
+  gettext,
   pkg-config,
   intltool,
   glib,
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    # error: possibly undefined macro: AM_NLS
+    cp ${gettext}/share/gettext/m4/nls.m4 m4
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;