diff --git a/buildout/software-profiles/python-2.7.cfg b/buildout/software-profiles/python-2.7.cfg
index 87883b48ab92a1b6f126266c72fdf20da89d8843..05bf430f69095bae9ad2407f73855e8d49748290 100644
--- a/buildout/software-profiles/python-2.7.cfg
+++ b/buildout/software-profiles/python-2.7.cfg
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 extends =
   bzip2.cfg
   gdbm.cfg
+  gettext.cfg
   ncurses.cfg
   openssl.cfg
   readline.cfg
@@ -50,7 +51,5 @@ configure-options =
   --with-threads
 
 environment =
-  CPPFLAGS=-I${zlib:location}/include -I${readline:location}/include -I${ncurses:location}/include/ -I${ncurses:location}/include/ncursesw/ -I${bzip2:location}/include  -I${gdbm:location}/include -I${openssl:location}/include -I${sqlite3:location}/include
-  LDFLAGS=-L${zlib:location}/lib -L${readline:location}/lib -L${ncurses:location}/lib -L${bzip2:location}/lib -L${gdbm:location}/lib -L${openssl:location}/lib -L${sqlite3:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${zlib:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${readline:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${ncurses:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${bzip2:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${gdbm:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${openssl:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${sqlite3:location}/lib
-
-
+  CPPFLAGS=-I${zlib:location}/include -I${readline:location}/include -I${ncurses:location}/include/ -I${ncurses:location}/include/ncursesw/ -I${bzip2:location}/include  -I${gdbm:location}/include -I${openssl:location}/include -I${sqlite3:location}/include -I${gettext:location}/include
+  LDFLAGS=-L${zlib:location}/lib -L${readline:location}/lib -L${ncurses:location}/lib -L${bzip2:location}/lib -L${gdbm:location}/lib -L${openssl:location}/lib -L${sqlite3:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${zlib:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${readline:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${ncurses:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${bzip2:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${gdbm:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${openssl:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${sqlite3:location}/lib -L${gettext:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,${gettext:location}/lib
diff --git a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
index e5d078c9e4a3e711e2ae15710be4fd05fecaa742..e4db12e8e271f8a314f2d642d55b4c6106c8a725 100644
--- a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
+++ b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
@@ -2266,6 +2266,7 @@ class AssertPython27(AssertSoftwareMixin):
   def test_ld_dyn_locale(self):
     self.assertLibraryList(self.python_path+'/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_locale.so', [
       'libc',
+      'libintl',
       'libpthread',
       ], self.rpath_list)
   def test_ld_dyn_readline(self):