diff --git a/devel/flex/Makefile b/devel/flex/Makefile
index 0f4751c1..5f2c12e0 100644
--- a/devel/flex/Makefile
+++ b/devel/flex/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/westes/flex/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)/
 PKG_HASH:=e87aae032bf07c26f85ac0ed3250998c37621d95f8bd748b31f15b33c45ee995
 
-PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf gettext-version
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=W. Michael Petullo <mike@flyn.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause