diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.16/pango/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.16/pango/default.nix
index bbf4e63cd13..8d8934de4bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.16/pango/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.16/pango/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ args: with args;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pango-1.24.1";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/pango/1.24/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1cls9cbk6sx81101gh2pkiri8v14shqpvy37cydbh8scs4yk8370";
   };
-  
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig];
-  
+
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig] ++ (if stdenv.system == "i686-darwin" then [gettext] else []);
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [x11 glib cairo libpng];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.18/pango/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.18/pango/default.nix
index 0df05a8684f..b152aaba5ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.18/pango/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs/2.18/pango/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ args: with args;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pango-1.26.0";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/pango/1.26/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "1hx6v6w3xk9wfcrb26gg7rrfl6m6ykxk2bqm67aqdzql4vysxgz1";
   };
-  
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig];
-  
+
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig] ++ (if stdenv.system == "i686-darwin" then [gettext] else []);
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [x11 glib cairo libpng];
 
   meta = {