diff --git a/src/libidn-1-fixes.patch b/src/libidn-1-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbdc2611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libidn-1-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+This file is part of mingw-cross-env.
+See doc/index.html for further information.
+
+Contains ad hoc patches for cross building.
+
+From 5501661bb686457ab309a3a9226aa6c502fa1426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: mingw-cross-env
+Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:58:28 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fix Libs.private
+
+
+diff --git a/libidn.pc.in b/libidn.pc.in
+index 50ad3ca..13f87fc 100644
+--- a/libidn.pc.in
++++ b/libidn.pc.in
+@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ Description: IETF stringprep, nameprep, punycode, IDNA text processing.
+ URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/
+ Version: @VERSION@
+ Libs: -L${libdir} -lidn
+-Libs.private: @LTLIBICONV@
++Libs.private: @LTLIBICONV@ @LIBINTL@
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}
+-- 
+1.7.7.3
+
diff --git a/src/libidn.mk b/src/libidn.mk
index 015c3220..4b0aa935 100644
--- a/src/libidn.mk
+++ b/src/libidn.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := libidn-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
 $(PKG)_FILE     := libidn-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/
 $(PKG)_URL      := ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/$($(PKG)_FILE)
-$(PKG)_DEPS     := gcc libiconv
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := gcc gettext libiconv
 
 define $(PKG)_UPDATE
     wget -q -O- 'http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libidn.git;a=tags' | \