diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fi/firewalld/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/fi/firewalld/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0205e1914d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fi/firewalld/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -152,8 +152,10 @@
+ AC_SUBST([GETTEXT_PACKAGE], '[PKG_NAME]')
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GETTEXT_PACKAGE], ["$GETTEXT_PACKAGE"],)
+ 
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.22.5])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
++
+ IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35.0], [no-xml])
+-AM_PO_SUBDIRS
+ 
+ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([xsl-cleanup],,[rm -f doc/xml/transform-*.xsl])
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fi/firewalld/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fi/firewalld/package.nix
index 51ee769c84ac..630b85bf35bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fi/firewalld/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fi/firewalld/package.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./add-config-path-env-var.patch
     ./respect-xml-catalog-files-var.patch
     ./specify-localedir.patch
+
+    ./gettext-0.25.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch =