diff --git a/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm b/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm
index 0cf111ac47..767799768c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
   #:use-module (gnu packages file)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gawk)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
   #:use-module (gnu packages less)
   #:use-module (gnu packages mail)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ listing the files modified by a patch.")
         "06b816m2gz9jfif7k9v2hrm7fz76zjg5pavf7hd3ifybwn4cgjzn"))
       (patches (search-patches "quilt-test-fix-regex.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("gettext" ,gnu-gettext)))
     (inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
               ("less" ,less)
               ("file" ,file)