diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4ef7b24..11cee79 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ services:
           - INSTALL_CACHETOOL=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_CACHETOOL}
           - INSTALL_YAML=${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 a2dba79..7baa960 100644
--- a/env-example
+++ b/env-example
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ 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_CACHETOOL=false
diff --git a/php-fpm/Dockerfile b/php-fpm/Dockerfile
index 470bec4..b51e988 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:
 ###########################################################################