diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c6fb398274a..9c5af1a3990 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
 find_package(SDL 1.2.7 REQUIRED)
 find_package(Boost 1.35 REQUIRED COMPONENTS iostreams regex)
-# yes, gettext is *required* even when NLS is deactivated (this is to compile
+
+# no, gettext executables are not required when NLS is deactivated
+find_package(Gettext)
+# yes, libintl is *required* even when NLS is deactivated (this is to compile
 # src/gettext.cpp since it includes libintl.h)
-find_package(Gettext REQUIRED)
+find_package(Libintl REQUIRED)
 
 find_package(X11)
 
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index c706a195431..ef5588bc162 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Version 1.9.3+svn:
      moved the file out of that subdirectory.
    * Add update-po4a-man and update-po4a-manual targets to cmake.
    * Added: Extra validate macro VALIDATE_WITH_DEV_MESSAGE.
+   * Fixed: Link to libintl with cmake (bug #17152).
 
 Version 1.9.3:
  * Campaigns:
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 17e66ca7f7d..27d603795f7 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ include_directories( ${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR} )
 include_directories( ${PANGOCAIRO_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 include_directories( ${GETTEXT_INCLUDE_DIR} )
 include_directories( ${LIBDBUS_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+include_directories( ${LIBINTL_INCLUDE_DIR} )
 
 #optional dependencies
 if(SDLIMAGE_INCLUDE_DIR)
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ set(game-external-libs
 	${PANGOCAIRO_LIBRARIES}
 	${FONTCONFIG_LIBRARIES}
 	${LIBDBUS_LIBRARIES}
+    ${LIBINTL_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
 if(MSVC)
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ if(USE_ANA_NETWORK)
 	set(server-external-libs
 		${common-external-libs}
 		${ANA_LIBRARIES}
-	)
+)
 else(USE_ANA_NETWORK)
 	set(server-external-libs
 		${common-external-libs}
@@ -737,6 +739,7 @@ target_link_libraries(campaignd
 	wesnoth-core
 	${server-external-libs}
 	${SDLNET_LIBRARY} 				# NEEDED with ANA
+	${LIBINTL_LIBRARIES}
 	)
 set_target_properties(campaignd PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${BINARY_PREFIX}campaignd${BINARY_SUFFIX})