diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
index c2388f8c1aa..2dfdb1f5019 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 args: with args;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "git-1.5.3.5";
+  name = "git-1.5.4.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/software/scm/git/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0ab63s25wzmsl5inp7bykz5ac7xjilqa0ciaz7ydhciymz6gkawj";
+    sha256 = "17abc4de0cd46a15ecdd90dfb28edfbaafcd0f0ce7a081c1c4dfae9b2f5b217f";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [curl openssl zlib expat];
+  buildInputs = [curl openssl zlib expat gettext];
 
   makeFlags="prefix=\${out} PERL_PATH=${perl}/bin/perl SHELL_PATH=${stdenv.shell}";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 43a684b2f23..e56f99882ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4788,7 +4788,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   git = import ../applications/version-management/git {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv curl openssl zlib expat perl;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv curl openssl zlib expat perl gettext;
   };
 
   gkrellm = import ../applications/misc/gkrellm {