diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
index c3a74f73663a..6dec7747c7e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gettext/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux && !hostPlatform.isCygwin) libiconv;
 
   setupHook = ./gettext-setup-hook.sh;
-  gettextNeedsLdflags = hostPlatform.libc != "glibc";
+  gettextNeedsLdflags = hostPlatform.libc != "glibc" && !hostPlatform.isMusl;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;