diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
index ae81546798aa..5118b7985473 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, gettext}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nano-1.2.5";
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v1.2/nano-1.2.5.tar.gz;
     md5 = "f2b3efbf1cf356d736740d531b6b22c4";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ncurses];
+  buildInputs = [ncurses gettext];
   configureFlags = "--enable-tiny";
 }
-
-
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7f2ef22f7c03..b0310fd2b50a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2553,11 +2553,11 @@ rec {
   };
 
   nano = (import ../applications/editors/nano) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses gettext;
   };
 
   nanoDiet = (import ../applications/editors/nano) {
-    inherit fetchurl;
+    inherit fetchurl gettext;
     ncurses = ncursesDiet;
     stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv dietgcc;
   };