diff --git a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
index 5ef84ca730..abbe878b79 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ (define-public polkit
     (propagated-inputs
      (list glib))                       ;required by polkit-gobject-1.pc
     (native-inputs
-     (list `(,glib "bin")               ;for glib-mkenums
+     (list gettext-minimal
+           `(,glib "bin")               ;for glib-mkenums
            docbook-xsl                  ;for man page generation
            gobject-introspection
            libxml2                      ;for XML_CATALOG_FILES