diff --git a/srcpkgs/gettext/template b/srcpkgs/gettext/template
index 45e55aa5b77..0625925f1dd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gettext/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gettext/template
@@ -21,3 +21,12 @@ Add_dependency run gettext-libs
 Add_dependency run libgomp
 Add_dependency build ncurses-devel
 Add_dependency build diffutils
+
+post_configure()
+{
+	# Disable ACL.
+	sed -i 's@#define.*_ACL.*@/*&*/@g' ${wrksrc}/gettext-tools/config.h
+	for f in $(find ${wrksrc} -name Makefile); do
+		sed -i 's@-lacl@@g' ${f}
+	done
+}