diff --git a/app-text/recode/files/recode-3.6-gettextfix.diff b/app-text/recode/files/recode-3.6-gettextfix.diff
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/recode/files/recode-3.6-gettextfix.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+http://bugs.gentoo.org/239372
+
+patch by Dmitry Karasik
+
+--- recode-3.6/m4/gettext.m4
++++ recode-3.6/m4/gettext.m4
+@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@
+     else
+       ac_items="$LINGUAS"
+       for ac_item in $ac_items; do
+-	case "$ALL_LINGUAS" in
+-	  *$ac_item*)
++        for supported_item in $ALL_LINGUAS; do
++          if test "$ac_item" = "$supported_item"; then
+ 	    ac_print="$ac_print $ac_item"
+ 	    MOFILES="$MOFILES $ac_item.mo"
+-	    ;;
+-	esac
++          fi
++        done
+       done
+     fi
+     AC_SUBST(MOFILES)