diff --git a/gio/tests/meson.build b/gio/tests/meson.build
index 21b0c2a6c..b5399f06a 100644
--- a/gio/tests/meson.build
+++ b/gio/tests/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 common_gio_tests_deps = [libglib_dep, libgmodule_dep, libgobject_dep, libgio_dep]
 
+if host_system == 'darwin'
+common_gio_tests_deps += [libintl]
+endif
+
 subdir('gdbus-object-manager-example')
 
 gengiotypefuncs_prog = find_program('gengiotypefuncs.py')