diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/intltool/intltool-0.51.0-GCCcore-6.4.0-Perl-5.26.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/intltool/intltool-0.51.0-GCCcore-6.4.0-Perl-5.26.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9c65e1b49bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/intltool/intltool-0.51.0-GCCcore-6.4.0-Perl-5.26.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'intltool'
+version = '0.51.0'
+versionsuffix = '-Perl-5.26.0'
+
+homepage = 'http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/intltool/'
+description = """intltool is a set of tools to centralize translation of
+ many different file formats using GNU gettext-compatible PO files."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '6.4.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['http://launchpad.net/intltool/trunk/%(version)s/+download/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['67c74d94196b153b774ab9f89b2fa6c6ba79352407037c8c14d5aeb334e959cd']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.28'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('XML-Parser', '2.44_01', versionsuffix),
+]
+
+patches = ['intltool-%(version)s-Perl-fix-regex.patch']
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/intltool%s' % x for x in ['-extract', '-merge', '-prepare', '-update', 'ize']],
+    'dirs': []
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/intltool/intltool-0.51.0-Perl-fix-regex.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/intltool/intltool-0.51.0-Perl-fix-regex.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b07145071a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/intltool/intltool-0.51.0-Perl-fix-regex.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# intltool bug with Perl 5.26
+# https://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool/+bug/1696658
+# This patch ist from:
+# https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/blob/master/intltool/perl-5.22-compatibility.patch
+--- intltool-0.51.0.orig/intltool-update.in	2015-03-09 02:39:54.000000000 +0100
++++ intltool-0.51.0.orig/intltool-update.in	2015-06-19 01:52:07.171228154 +0200
+@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ 
+ 	}
+     }
+ 
+-    if ($str =~ /^(.*)\${?([A-Z_]+)}?(.*)$/)
++    if ($str =~ /^(.*)\$\{?([A-Z_]+)}?(.*)$/)
+     {
+ 	my $rest = $3;
+ 	my $untouched = $1;
+@@ -1190,10 +1190,10 @@ 
+ 	$name    =~ s/\(+$//g;
+ 	$version =~ s/\(+$//g;
+ 
+-	$varhash{"PACKAGE_NAME"} = $name if (not $name =~ /\${?AC_PACKAGE_NAME}?/);
+-	$varhash{"PACKAGE"} = $name if (not $name =~ /\${?PACKAGE}?/);
+-	$varhash{"PACKAGE_VERSION"} = $version if (not $name =~ /\${?AC_PACKAGE_VERSION}?/);
+-	$varhash{"VERSION"} = $version if (not $name =~ /\${?VERSION}?/);
++	$varhash{"PACKAGE_NAME"} = $name if (not $name =~ /\$\{?AC_PACKAGE_NAME}?/);
++	$varhash{"PACKAGE"} = $name if (not $name =~ /\$\{?PACKAGE}?/);
++	$varhash{"PACKAGE_VERSION"} = $version if (not $name =~ /\$\{?AC_PACKAGE_VERSION}?/);
++	$varhash{"VERSION"} = $version if (not $name =~ /\$\{?VERSION}?/);
+     }
+ 
+     if ($conf_source =~ /^AC_INIT\(([^,\)]+),([^,\)]+)[,]?([^,\)]+)?/m)
+@@ -1219,11 +1219,11 @@ 
+ 	$version =~ s/\(+$//g;
+         $bugurl  =~ s/\(+$//g if (defined $bugurl);
+ 
+-	$varhash{"PACKAGE_NAME"} = $name if (not $name =~ /\${?AC_PACKAGE_NAME}?/);
+-	$varhash{"PACKAGE"} = $name if (not $name =~ /\${?PACKAGE}?/);
+-	$varhash{"PACKAGE_VERSION"} = $version if (not $name =~ /\${?AC_PACKAGE_VERSION}?/);
+-	$varhash{"VERSION"} = $version if (not $name =~ /\${?VERSION}?/);
+-        $varhash{"PACKAGE_BUGREPORT"} = $bugurl if (defined $bugurl and not $bugurl =~ /\${?\w+}?/);
++	$varhash{"PACKAGE_NAME"} = $name if (not $name =~ /\$\{?AC_PACKAGE_NAME}?/);
++	$varhash{"PACKAGE"} = $name if (not $name =~ /\$\{?PACKAGE}?/);
++	$varhash{"PACKAGE_VERSION"} = $version if (not $name =~ /\$\{?AC_PACKAGE_VERSION}?/);
++	$varhash{"VERSION"} = $version if (not $name =~ /\$\{?VERSION}?/);
++        $varhash{"PACKAGE_BUGREPORT"} = $bugurl if (defined $bugurl and not $bugurl =~ /\$\{?\w+}?/);
+     }
+ 
+# \s makes this not work, why?