diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 37a2b455e2c..5349cfbbb85 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ libdb-4.8.so libdb-4.8.24_1
 libdb_cxx-4.8.so libdb-cxx-4.8.24_1
 libgdbm.so.4 gdbm-1.10_1_1
 libgdbm_compat.so.4 gdbm-1.10_1_1
-libgettextsrc-0.18.2.so gettext-libs-0.18.2_1
-libgettextlib-0.18.2.so gettext-libs-0.18.2_1
+libgettextsrc-0.18.3.so gettext-libs-0.18.3_1
+libgettextlib-0.18.3.so gettext-libs-0.18.3_1
 libgettextpo.so.0 gettext-libs-0.17_1
 libattr.so.1 attr-2.4.43_1
 libacl.so.1 acl-2.2.47_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gettext/template b/srcpkgs/gettext/template
index a15260b2b07..53762388e6c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gettext/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gettext/template
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=36f3c1043df803565d4977c1efbd41e1ec0f0301acf5f057984406c34cb9f948
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
+	pre_configure() {
+		autoreconf -fi
+	}
+fi
+
 gettext-devel_package() {
 	depends="gettext-libs>=${version}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"