diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/21.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/21.nix
index 51f45f8469d..a4b47843583 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/21.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/21.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     readline libusb gnutls adns openldap zlib bzip2
   ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lintl";
+
   patches = [ ./fix-libusb-include-path.patch ];
   postPatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     sed -i 's,"libpcsclite\.so[^"]*","${pcsclite}/lib/libpcsclite.so",g' scd/scdaemon.c