diff --git a/dev-perl/Locale-gettext/Locale-gettext-1.70.0_p20181130.ebuild b/dev-perl/Locale-gettext/Locale-gettext-1.70.0_p20181130.ebuild
index 3b68978e3b322..66a2d03468219 100644
--- a/dev-perl/Locale-gettext/Locale-gettext-1.70.0_p20181130.ebuild
+++ b/dev-perl/Locale-gettext/Locale-gettext-1.70.0_p20181130.ebuild
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.70.0-tests.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.70.0_p20181130-config-log.patch"
 )
+
+src_compile() {
+	# Makefile.PL cannot know we use libintl over system
+	[[ ${CHOST} == *-solaris* ]] && export LDLOADLIBS="-lintl"
+	default
+}