diff --git a/recipes/bash/recipe.toml b/recipes/bash/recipe.toml
index b3e0ed2e4755be47b606e34d54e2af2f335cb086..be87f9d682e1d644ff42222f901449d512003118 100644
--- a/recipes/bash/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/bash/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 [source]
 tar = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.4.tar.gz"
-dependencies = [
-    "gettext"
-]
 patches = [
     "redox.patch"
 ]
@@ -12,6 +9,9 @@ wget -O support/config.sub http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/con
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "gettext"
+]
 script = """
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --disable-readline
diff --git a/recipes/gettext/recipe.toml b/recipes/gettext/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4460b4494b817a2115c0d7ad684d000ba4f450a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/gettext/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[source]
+tar = "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.1.tar.xz"
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+script = """
+wget -O build-aux/config.sub http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/config.sub
+"""
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "libiconv"
+]
+script = """
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --disable-shared
+    --enable-static
+    ac_cv_have_decl_program_invocation_name=no
+    gt_cv_locale_fr=false
+    gt_cv_locale_fr_utf8=false
+    gt_cv_locale_ja=false
+    gt_cv_locale_tr_utf8=false
+    gt_cv_locale_zh_CN=false
+)
+cookbook_configure
+"""