diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz-fusion/general-dependencies.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz-fusion/general-dependencies.nix
index d8a0ffa3e7eb..f83ae7d1c8bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz-fusion/general-dependencies.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz-fusion/general-dependencies.nix
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ args: with args;
 	libpng 
 	GConf mesa metacity librsvg dbus.libs dbus_glib gnomedesktop git autoconf automake
 	libtool libxslt libwnck intltool perl perlXMLParser compiz pkgconfig libxml2
+	gettext 
 ]