diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix
index f7035701133f3..4971a6f282e3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gtksourceview/default.nix
@@ -46,8 +46,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     })
   ];
 
-  # Fix build with gcc 14
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types";
+  env = {
+    # Required by autoreconfHook to find gettext.m4 outside aclocal's default search path.
+    ACLOCAL = "aclocal -I ${gettext}/share/gettext/m4";
+    # Fix build with gcc 14.
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types";
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config