--- ./configure.ac.orig	2015-11-02 15:12:56.227947986 -0500
+++ ./configure.ac	2015-11-02 15:13:00.392948034 -0500
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_DSOUND, test "x$have_dsound" = "xyes")
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, gettext)
+
 dnl
 dnl OSX specific checks
 dnl