diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-gettext/chroot-gettext.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/chroot-gettext/chroot-gettext.rshlibs
index 631aa1dda40..c3afdd13150 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-gettext/chroot-gettext.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-gettext/chroot-gettext.rshlibs
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 libc.so.6
+libm.so.6
+libdl.so.2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-gettext/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-gettext/template
index 46c97998a48..9a4c3aa14c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-gettext/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-gettext/template
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 # Template build file for 'chroot-gettext'.
 pkgname=chroot-gettext
 version=0.18.1.1
+revision=1
 wrksrc="gettext-${version}"
 build_wrksrc=gettext-tools
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-java --disable-native-java --disable-csharp
+--disable-libasprintf --enable-threads=posix --disable-rpath
+--disable-acl --with-included-glib --with-included-libcroco --without-git
+--with-included-libxml --without-included-regex --without-emacs
+--disable-shared --disable-nls --disable-openmp --disable-curses
+--without-included-regex"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-$version.tar.gz"
 short_desc="Internationalized Message Handling tools -- for xbps-src use"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -18,15 +26,6 @@ bootstrap=yes
 conflicts="gettext>=0"
 provides="gettext-${version}"
 
-do_configure() {
-	./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-shared
-}
-
-do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs} -C gnulib-lib
-	make ${makejobs} -C src msgfmt
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	vinstall src/msgfmt 755 usr/bin
+post_install() {
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/include
 }