diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b165eba642d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 7429f614..67b0bf0c 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -410,17 +410,11 @@ test "${ENABLE_XATTR}" = "yes" && AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_XATTR], 1,
+ #
+ # Gettext
+ #
+-m4_ifdef([AM_GNU_GETTEXT], [
+-  AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external],[need-ngettext])
+-  AC_CONFIG_FILES([po/Makefile.in])
+-  have_po=yes
+-], [
+-  have_po=no
+-])
+-m4_ifdef([AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION], [
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external],[need-ngettext])
++AC_CONFIG_FILES([po/Makefile.in])
++have_po=yes
+ #do not indent here
+ AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.21])
+-])
+ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PO], [ test "$have_po" = "yes" ])
+ 
+ #
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/package.nix
index 09d71cef462b..51d87ab5632b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wg/wget2/package.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-0tOoStZHr5opehFmuQdFRPYvOv8IMrDTBNFtoweY3VM=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./gettext-0.25.patch
+  ];
+
   # wget2_noinstall contains forbidden reference to /build/
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/Makefile.am \