--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
     required: get_option('pam'),
     has_headers: 'security/pam_modules.h',
 )
+intl_dep = cc.find_library('intl',
+    required: get_option('pam'),
+    has_headers: 'libintl.h',
+)
 
 pod2man = find_program('pod2man', required: get_option('man'))
 xsltproc = find_program('xsltproc', required: get_option('gtk_doc'))
--- a/pam/meson.build
+++ b/pam/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     dependencies: [
         libsystemd_dep,
         pam_dep,
+        intl_dep,
     ],
     c_args: [
         '-DLOCALEDIR="@0@"'.format(localedir),