diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/mpdris2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/mpdris2/default.nix
index bbec851b25cc..9378585d8b2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/mpdris2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/mpdris2/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0zdmamj2ldhr6y3s464w8y2x3yizda784jnlrg3j3myfabssisvz";
   };
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    intltoolize -f
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [ intltool autoreconfHook pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ python pygtk dbus-python ];
   pythonPath = with pythonPackages; [ mpd pygtk dbus-python notify ];