diff --git a/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile b/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile
index 3e5e40459f..2e1cba4da4 100644
--- a/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gettext-full
 PKG_VERSION:=0.19.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=gettext-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gettext
diff --git a/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/000-relocatable.patch b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/000-relocatable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c475579b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/000-relocatable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--- a/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
++++ b/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
+@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ archive_version=@ARCHIVE_VERSION@
+ 
+ # Set variables
+ # - gettext_datadir     directory where the data files are stored.
+-prefix="@prefix@"
++if [ -n "$STAGING_DIR" ]; then
++	prefix="$STAGING_DIR/../host"
++else
++	prefix="@prefix@"
++fi
+ datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
+ : ${gettext_datadir="@datadir@/gettext"}
+ : ${AUTOM4TE=autom4te}
+--- a/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in
++++ b/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in
+@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ archive_version=@ARCHIVE_VERSION@
+ 
+ # Set variables
+ # - gettext_datadir     directory where the data files are stored.
+-prefix="@prefix@"
++if [ -n "$STAGING_DIR" ]; then
++	prefix="$STAGING_DIR/../host"
++else
++	prefix="@prefix@"
++fi
+ datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
+ : ${gettext_datadir="@datadir@/gettext"}
+ : ${AUTOM4TE=autom4te}