diff --git a/templates/gettext/install.diff b/templates/gettext/install.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0097b3bed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/gettext/install.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Do not install the examples.
+
+--- gettext-tools/Makefile.in.orig	2009-02-19 02:26:59.754316493 +0100
++++ gettext-tools/Makefile.in	2009-02-19 02:27:22.192981123 +0100
+@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
+ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I ../gettext-runtime/m4 -I ../autoconf-lib-link/m4 -I ../m4 -I 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 = doc intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc man m4 tests gnulib-tests
+ 
+ # Allow users to use "gnulib-tool --update".
+ 
diff --git a/templates/gettext/template b/templates/gettext/template
index 1a24aeeee5..8a0b6e8fd2 100644
--- a/templates/gettext/template
+++ b/templates/gettext/template
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ version=0.17
 distfiles="
 http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--disable-java --disable-native-java --disable-charp
+ --disable-libasprintf"
 short_desc="Internationalized Message Handling Library and tools"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=209638bb8e162f22c281145a34e220c66f1f6e9ff5e4c50c6f2ef2ded59537ba