diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
index d81eb0c64b0..cd1afcc8e75 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ rec {
       pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser gtk glib ORBit2 libgnome libgnomeui
       gnomedesktop libglade libwnck libjpeg libpng scrollkeeper
       xlibs.libXmu xlibs.libXau dbus_glib gnomemenus gnomedocutils
-      gettext libxslt librsvg libgweather which
+      gettext libxslt librsvg libgweather which intltool
     ];
 
     configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";