diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
index 992645a15db5..a4ee316937af 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pcre2, libiconv, perl, autoreconfHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, glibcLocales, fetchurl, pcre2, libiconv, perl, autoreconfHook }:
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
 # cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     hash = "sha256-HbKu3eidDepCsW2VKPiUyNFdrk4ZC1muzHj1qVEnbqs=";
   };
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ perl ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ perl glibcLocales ];
   outputs = [ "out" "info" ]; # the man pages are rather small
 
   buildInputs = [ pcre2 libiconv ];