diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template
index 36f40c8195e..dbc9fa9eb20 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'cpufrequtils'
 pkgname=cpufrequtils
 version=008
-revision=7
+revision=8
 short_desc="Userspace tools for the Linux kernel cpufreq subsystem"
 homepage="ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/cpufrequtils/"
 license="GPL-2"
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ checksum=1b9daa591d977679fb09ffb9b4d58afa94b9387f3c0be92ec077080e328130f1
 only_for_archs="i686 i686-musl x86_64 x86_64-musl"
 
 do_build() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		*-musl) CFLAGS+=" -lintl";;
+	esac
 	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" STRIP=true
 }
 do_install() {