diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e5fd89e60c..e3ee957fd5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1005,6 +1005,22 @@ librt = cc.find_library('rt')
 libm = cc.find_library('m')
 libdl = cc.find_library('dl')
 
+# On some distributions that use musl (e.g. Alpine), libintl.h may be provided by gettext rather than musl.
+# In that case, we need to explicitly link with libintl.so.
+if cc.has_function('dgettext',
+                   prefix : '''#include <libintl.h>''',
+                   args : '-D_GNU_SOURCE')
+        libintl = []
+else
+        libintl = cc.find_library('intl')
+        if not cc.has_function('dgettext',
+                               prefix : '''#include <libintl.h>''',
+                               args : '-D_GNU_SOURCE',
+                               dependencies : libintl)
+                error('dgettext() not found')
+        endif
+endif
+
 # On some architectures, libatomic is required. But on some installations,
 # it is found, but actual linking fails. So let's try to use it opportunistically.
 # If it is installed, but not needed, it will be dropped because of --as-needed.
diff --git a/src/home/meson.build b/src/home/meson.build
index ebecc7b9c2..f40f935d55 100644
--- a/src/home/meson.build
+++ b/src/home/meson.build
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ modules += [
                 'sources' : pam_systemd_home_sources,
                 'dependencies' : [
                         libcrypt,
+                        libintl,
                         libpam_misc,
                         libpam,
                         threads,