diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.x.nix
index 62f754c148e..2135c4ae52b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.x.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, atk, pango, cairo, perl, xlibs
-, gdk_pixbuf, xz
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gettext, glib, atk, pango, cairo, perl, xlibs
+, gdk_pixbuf
 , xineramaSupport ? true
 , cupsSupport ? true, cups ? null
 }:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl pkgconfig gettext ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with xlibs;
     [ glib cairo pango gdk_pixbuf atk
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3-default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.x.nix
similarity index 94%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3-default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.x.nix
index 86bd4474c7a..a22e243411a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3-default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/3.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gettext
 , expat, glib, cairo, pango, gdk_pixbuf, atk, at_spi2_atk, xlibs
 , xineramaSupport ? true
 , cupsSupport ? true, cups ? null
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gettext ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = with xlibs; [
     expat glib cairo pango gdk_pixbuf atk at_spi2_atk
     libXrandr libXrender libXcomposite libXi libXcursor
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac6c6712a92..dd25805d9ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4091,7 +4091,7 @@ let
   gdk_pixbuf = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf { };
 
   gtk2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk+/2.x.nix { };
-  gtk3 = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk+/3-default.nix {
+  gtk3 = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk+/3.x.nix {
     inherit (gnome3) at_spi2_atk;
   });
   gtk = pkgs.gtk2;