diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/build b/packages/network/avahi/build
index 910b424e37..355e2d81b4 100755
--- a/packages/network/avahi/build
+++ b/packages/network/avahi/build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 $SCRIPTS/build expat
-$SCRIPTS/build gettext-dummy
+$SCRIPTS/build gettext
 $SCRIPTS/build libdaemon
 $SCRIPTS/build dbus
 $SCRIPTS/build Python
@@ -15,12 +15,8 @@ $SCRIPTS/build pygtk
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
-ac_cv_func_bind_textdomain_codeset=no \
-ac_func_bind_textdomain_codeset=no \
-ac_cv_lib_intl_bindtextdomain=no \
-ac_cv_lib_intl_dcgettext=no \
-ac_cv_lib_intl_ngettext=no \
-gt_cv_func_ngettext_libc=no \
+export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lintl"
+
 py_cv_mod_gtk_=yes \
 py_cv_mod_dbus_=yes \
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/install b/packages/network/avahi/install
index c9425537b1..11bfa65558 100755
--- a/packages/network/avahi/install
+++ b/packages/network/avahi/install
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/install expat
 $SCRIPTS/install libdaemon
-$SCRIPTS/install gettext-dummy
+$SCRIPTS/install gettext
 $SCRIPTS/install dbus
 $SCRIPTS/install Python
 $SCRIPTS/install dbus-python