diff --git a/srcpkgs/gettext/template b/srcpkgs/gettext/template
index a95cacdf5b..4f36ba94cf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gettext/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gettext/template
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ version=0.18
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-java --disable-native-java --disable-csharp
---disable-libasprintf"
+--disable-libasprintf --enable-threads=posix --disable-rpath
+--disable-acl --with-included-glib --with-included-libcroco
+--with-included-libxml --without-included-regex --without-emacs
+--without-cvs"
 short_desc="Internationalized Message Handling Library and tools"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=02342c1de18c03c601f8b91cbd896b70486a4b945bd816f34541e0d7b5a96fe5