diff --git a/devel/gettext/patches/patch-ab b/devel/gettext/patches/patch-ab
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78dde4f09dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/gettext/patches/patch-ab
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- m4/gettext.m4.orig	Sun Feb  6 01:35:59 2000
++++ m4/gettext.m4	Sun Feb  6 01:36:49 2000
+@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
+ 		INSTOBJEXT=.mo
+ 	      fi
+ 	    fi
++	    if test "$gt_cv_func_gettext_libintl" = "yes"; then
++		INTLLIBS='-lintl'
++	    fi
+ 	])
+ 
+         if test "$CATOBJEXT" = "NONE"; then