diff --git a/doomsday/dep_glib.pri b/doomsday/dep_glib.pri
index 4deae597f4..8d73aa7af5 100644
--- a/doomsday/dep_glib.pri
+++ b/doomsday/dep_glib.pri
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ unix {
     !system(pkg-config --exists gthread-2.0) {
         error(Missing dependency: FluidSynth requires GLib 2.0 development files)
     }
+    
+    macx {
+        # We assume that glib (and gettext) has been installed with Homebrew.
+        GETTEXT_VERSION = $$system(ls /usr/local/Cellar/gettext/ | sort -n | tail -n1)
+        LIBS += -L/usr/local/Cellar/gettext/$$GETTEXT_VERSION/lib/
+    }
 
     QMAKE_CFLAGS += $$system(pkg-config --cflags gthread-2.0 glib-2.0)
             LIBS += $$system(pkg-config --libs   gthread-2.0 glib-2.0)