diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 896adb59..a3f4f2da 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ services:
           - INSTALL_APCU=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_APCU}
           - INSTALL_YAML=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_YAML}
           - INSTALL_RDKAFKA=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_RDKAFKA}
+          - INSTALL_GETTEXT=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_GETTEXT}
           - INSTALL_ADDITIONAL_LOCALES=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_ADDITIONAL_LOCALES}
           - INSTALL_MYSQL_CLIENT=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_MYSQL_CLIENT}
           - INSTALL_PING=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_PING}
diff --git a/env-example b/env-example
index 1b714796..f3afab72 100644
--- a/env-example
+++ b/env-example
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ PHP_FPM_INSTALL_CALENDAR=false
 PHP_FPM_INSTALL_FAKETIME=false
 PHP_FPM_INSTALL_IONCUBE=false
 PHP_FPM_INSTALL_RDKAFKA=false
+PHP_FPM_INSTALL_GETTEXT=false
 PHP_FPM_FAKETIME=-0
 PHP_FPM_INSTALL_APCU=false
 PHP_FPM_INSTALL_YAML=false
@@ -822,4 +823,4 @@ GEARMAN_MYSQL_PASSWORD_FILE=
 # Database to use by Gearman (Default: Gearmand)
 GEARMAN_MYSQL_DB=Gearmand
 # Table to use by Gearman (Default: gearman_queue)
-GEARMAN_MYSQL_TABLE=gearman_queue
\ No newline at end of file
+GEARMAN_MYSQL_TABLE=gearman_queue
diff --git a/php-fpm/Dockerfile b/php-fpm/Dockerfile
index d74ef345..f03f696d 100644
--- a/php-fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/php-fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -682,6 +682,17 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_RDKAFKA} = true ]; then \
     docker-php-ext-enable rdkafka \
 ;fi
 
+###########################################################################
+# GETTEXT:
+###########################################################################
+
+ARG INSTALL_GETTEXT=false
+
+RUN if [ ${INSTALL_GETTEXT} = true ]; then \
+    apt-get install -y zlib1g-dev libicu-dev g++ libpq-dev libssl-dev gettext && \
+    docker-php-ext-install gettext \
+;fi
+
 ###########################################################################
 # Install additional locales:
 ###########################################################################