diff --git a/package/alessandro/php/php.conf b/package/alessandro/php/php.conf
index 029eae7eb..694519908 100644
--- a/package/alessandro/php/php.conf
+++ b/package/alessandro/php/php.conf
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-apxs2=$root/opt/apache/sbin/apxs"
 var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-zlib --with-bz2"
 pkginstalled libjpeg && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-jpeg-dir"
 pkginstalled libpng && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-png-dir"
+pkginstalled gettext && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-gettext"
 
 if [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_mysql" == 1 ] ; then
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_FORCESHARED" -eq 1 ]; then