diff --git a/templates/gettext-runtime-fix-build.diff b/templates/gettext-runtime-fix-build.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78243e5c172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/gettext-runtime-fix-build.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Don't link against libintl from base, will cause conflicts when this
+package is installed.
+
+--- Makefile.in.orig	2008-10-11 09:28:14.000000000 +0200
++++ Makefile.in	2008-10-11 09:28:32.000000000 +0200
+@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+ LIBGRT_LIBDEPS = @LIBGRT_LIBDEPS@
+ LIBGRT_LTLIBDEPS = @LIBGRT_LTLIBDEPS@
+ LIBICONV = @LIBICONV@
+-LIBINTL = @LIBINTL@
++LIBINTL =
+ LIBMULTITHREAD = @LIBMULTITHREAD@
+ LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
+ LIBPTH = @LIBPTH@
+@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
+ LN_S = @LN_S@
+ LTLIBC = @LTLIBC@
+ LTLIBICONV = @LTLIBICONV@
+-LTLIBINTL = @LTLIBINTL@
++LTLIBINTL =
+ LTLIBMULTITHREAD = @LTLIBMULTITHREAD@
+ LTLIBOBJS = @LTLIBOBJS@
+ LTLIBPTH = @LTLIBPTH@
diff --git a/templates/gettext-runtime.tmpl b/templates/gettext-runtime.tmpl
index eea3af7075a..c5437adf26d 100755
--- a/templates/gettext-runtime.tmpl
+++ b/templates/gettext-runtime.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'gettext-runtime'.
 pkgname=gettext-runtime
 version=0.17
+patch_files="$pkgname-fix-build.diff"
 distfiles="gettext-$version"
 wrksrc="gettext-$version/gettext-runtime"
 extract_sufx=".tar.gz"