diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index cbab34adc03b..b61618c9449b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -5184,8 +5184,8 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
 
   LocaleGettext = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "LocaleGettext-1.05";
-    buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin pkgs.gettext;
-    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = if stdenv.isDarwin then "-lintl" else null;
+    buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin || stdenv.isCygwin) pkgs.gettext;
+    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = if (stdenv.isDarwin || stdenv.isCygwin) then "-lintl" else null;
     src = fetchurl {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PV/PVANDRY/gettext-1.05.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "15262a00vx714szpx8p2z52wxkz46xp7acl72znwjydyq4ypydi7";