--- /dev/null
+################################################################################
+#
+# gettext
+#
+################################################################################
+
+GETTEXT_VERSION = 0.19.4
+GETTEXT_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/gettext
+GETTEXT_SOURCE = gettext-$(GETTEXT_VERSION).tar.xz
+GETTEXT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+GETTEXT_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+GETTEXT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
+GETTEXT_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)
+HOST_GETTEXT_DEPENDENCIES = # we don't want the libiconv dependency
+
+GETTEXT_CONF_OPTS += \
+ --disable-libasprintf \
+ --disable-acl \
+ --disable-openmp \
+ --disable-rpath \
+ --disable-java \
+ --disable-native-java \
+ --disable-csharp \
+ --disable-relocatable \
+ --without-emacs
+
+HOST_GETTEXT_CONF_OPTS = \
+ --disable-libasprintf \
+ --disable-acl \
+ --disable-openmp \
+ --disable-rpath \
+ --disable-java \
+ --disable-native-java \
+ --disable-csharp \
+ --disable-relocatable \
+ --without-emacs
+
+# For the target version, we only need the runtime, and for the host
+# version, we only need the tools.
+GETTEXT_SUBDIR = gettext-runtime
+HOST_GETTEXT_SUBDIR = gettext-tools
+
+# Disable the build of documentation and examples of gettext-tools,
+# and the build of documentation and tests of gettext-runtime.
+define HOST_GETTEXT_DISABLE_UNNEEDED
+ $(SED) '/^SUBDIRS/s/ doc //;/^SUBDIRS/s/examples$$//' $(@D)/gettext-tools/Makefile.in
+ $(SED) '/^SUBDIRS/s/ doc //;/^SUBDIRS/s/tests$$//' $(@D)/gettext-runtime/Makefile.in
+endef
+
+GETTEXT_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += HOST_GETTEXT_DISABLE_UNNEEDED
+HOST_GETTEXT_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += HOST_GETTEXT_DISABLE_UNNEEDED
+
+define GETTEXT_REMOVE_UNNEEDED
+ $(RM) -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/gettext/ABOUT-NLS
+ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/gettext
+endef
+
+GETTEXT_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += GETTEXT_REMOVE_UNNEEDED
+
+define GETTEXT_GETTEXTIZE_EYE_CANDY
+ $(SED) '/Press Return\|read dummy/d' $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/gettextize
+endef
+
+HOST_GETTEXT_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += GETTEXT_GETTEXTIZE_EYE_CANDY
+
+# Force build with NLS support, otherwise libintl is not built
+# This is needed because some packages (eg. libglib2) requires
+# locales, but do not properly depend on BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE, and
+# instead select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT. Those packages need to be
+# fixed before we can remove the following 3 lines... :-(
+ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),)
+GETTEXT_CONF_OPTS += --enable-nls
+endif
+
+# Disable interactive confirmation in host gettextize for package fixups
+define HOST_GETTEXT_GETTEXTIZE_CONFIRMATION
+ $(SED) '/read dummy/d' $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/gettextize
+endef
+HOST_GETTEXT_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_GETTEXT_GETTEXTIZE_CONFIRMATION
+
+GETTEXTIZE = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) AUTOM4TE=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/autom4te $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/gettextize -f
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))