diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a08f9d9f5..b7bc35433 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@ if (WITH_LOCALE)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find libintl! Try enabling USE_MOMO.")
       endif()
       list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_DEFINES HAVE_LOCALE)
+      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_DEFINES GNULIB_overrides_sprintf)
       list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Intl_INCLUDE_DIRS})
       list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES ${Intl_LIBRARIES})
       message(STATUS "Using libintl (system)")