diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/0001-Fix-Gettext-Requirement.patch b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/0001-Fix-Gettext-Requirement.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7b6a4cb9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/0001-Fix-Gettext-Requirement.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 347d325..dce95a0 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ fi
+ ############################################################################
+ AM_ICONV
+ AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19.6])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION([0.19.6])
+ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $LIBINTL $LIBICONV"
+ 
+ ############################################################################
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/default.nix
index 601cf3cded6..61ea1b28273 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, automake, autoconf, libtool,
-  gettext, which, xorg, libX11, libXext, libXinerama, libXpm, libXft,
-  libXau, libXdmcp, libXmu, libpng, libjpeg, expat, xorgproto,
-  librsvg, freetype, fontconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, automake, autoconf, libtool, gettext
+, which, xorg, libX11, libXext, libXinerama, libXpm, libXft, libXau, libXdmcp
+, libXmu, libpng, libjpeg, expat, xorgproto, librsvg, freetype, fontconfig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "jwm";
   version = "1685";
-  
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "joewing";
     repo = "jwm";
@@ -14,11 +13,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1kyvy022sij898g2hm5spy5vq0kw6aqd7fsnawl2xyh06gwh29wg";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./0001-Fix-Gettext-Requirement.patch ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig automake autoconf libtool gettext which ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXext libXinerama libXpm libXft xorg.libXrender
-    libXau libXdmcp libXmu libpng libjpeg expat xorgproto
-    librsvg freetype fontconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libX11
+    libXext
+    libXinerama
+    libXpm
+    libXft
+    xorg.libXrender
+    libXau
+    libXdmcp
+    libXmu
+    libpng
+    libjpeg
+    expat
+    xorgproto
+    librsvg
+    freetype
+    fontconfig
+  ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -28,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "http://joewing.net/projects/jwm/";
     description = "Joe's Window Manager is a light-weight X11 window manager";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.romildo ];
   };
 }