diff --git a/packages/devel/gettext/patches/gettext-dont_build_docs_and_examples.patch b/packages/devel/gettext/patches/gettext-dont_build_docs_and_examples.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e35a1e1e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/gettext/patches/gettext-dont_build_docs_and_examples.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -Naur gettext-0.19.1/gettext-tools/Makefile.am gettext-0.19.1.patch/gettext-tools/Makefile.am
+--- gettext-0.19.1/gettext-tools/Makefile.am	2014-05-01 11:37:33.000000000 +0200
++++ gettext-0.19.1.patch/gettext-tools/Makefile.am	2014-06-23 16:06:15.225426222 +0200
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I ../gettext-runtime/m4 -I ../m4 -I gnulib-m4 -I libgrep/gnulib-m4 -I libgettextpo/gnulib-m4
+ 
+-SUBDIRS = doc intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc man m4 tests gnulib-tests examples
++SUBDIRS = intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc man m4 tests gnulib-tests
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST = misc/DISCLAIM
+ MOSTLYCLEANFILES = core *.stackdump
+diff -Naur gettext-0.19.1/gettext-tools/Makefile.in gettext-0.19.1.patch/gettext-tools/Makefile.in
+--- gettext-0.19.1/gettext-tools/Makefile.in	2014-06-10 07:42:48.000000000 +0200
++++ gettext-0.19.1.patch/gettext-tools/Makefile.in	2014-06-23 16:06:32.453461116 +0200
+@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@
+ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I ../gettext-runtime/m4 -I ../m4 -I gnulib-m4 -I libgrep/gnulib-m4 -I libgettextpo/gnulib-m4
+-SUBDIRS = doc intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc man m4 tests gnulib-tests examples
++SUBDIRS = intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc man m4 tests gnulib-tests
+ 
+ # Allow users to use "gnulib-tool --update".
+