diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libhsts/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/libhsts/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f99e164624b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libhsts/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 4d443c1..42c3568 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -31,13 +31,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([include/libhsts.h])
+ #
+ # Gettext
+ #
+-m4_ifdef([AM_GNU_GETTEXT], [
+-  AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external],[need-ngettext])
+-])
+-m4_ifdef([AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION], [
+-#do not indent here
+-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.18.2])
+-])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external],[need-ngettext])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19.8])
+ 
+ #
+ # check for doxygen and pandoc
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libhsts/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libhsts/package.nix
index f5fbbb164385..df8fa7c011ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libhsts/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libhsts/package.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0gbchzf0f4xzb6zjc56dk74hqrmdgyirmgxvvsqp9vqn9wb5kkx4";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./gettext-0.25.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     pushd tests
     cp ${hsts_list} transport_security_state_static.json