diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
index 8136324770e6..23bfb324c1ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
@@ -36,16 +36,19 @@ let
   in
     assert lib.all (p: p.enabled -> ! (builtins.elem null p.buildInputs)) plugins;
     stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-      version = "4.0.5";
+      version = "4.1.0";
       pname = "weechat";
 
       hardeningEnable = [ "pie" ];
 
       src = fetchurl {
         url = "https://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-${version}.tar.xz";
-        hash = "sha256-PXLmGwVjHavcKDIxdo+TioVUSyfjH6v+E8V7TfXF47s=";
+        hash = "sha256-AwSC5bjw9pxr/Upja2+m12tkqeweF58auqNbGrONHhA=";
       };
 
+      # Why is this needed? https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2031
+      patches = lib.optional gettext.gettextNeedsLdflags ./gettext-intl.patch;
+
       outputs = [ "out" "man" ] ++ map (p: p.name) enabledPlugins;
 
       cmakeFlags = with lib; [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/gettext-intl.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/gettext-intl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b95472c06fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/gettext-intl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/FindGettext.cmake b/cmake/FindGettext.cmake
+index 358734688..ffcbf7ef4 100644
+--- a/cmake/FindGettext.cmake
++++ b/cmake/FindGettext.cmake
+@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ find_path(LIBINTL_INCLUDE
+ )
+ 
+ set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${LIBINTL_INCLUDE})
++set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-lintl")
+ 
+ check_include_files(libintl.h HAVE_LIBINTL_H)
+