diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/gettext-0.16.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/gettext-0.16.x.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/gettext-0.16.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gettext-0.16.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.16.1.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "3d9ad24301c6d6b17ec30704a13fe127";
+  };
+  configureFlags = "--disable-csharp";
+}