diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c613e0..32d3a29 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.0)
 project(harfbuzz)
 
 enable_testing()
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ if (HB_HAVE_GLIB)
 
   find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
   find_package(unofficial-iconv REQUIRED)
+  if(APPLE)
+    find_package(unofficial-gettext CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    list(APPEND THIRD_PARTY_LIBS unofficial::gettext::libintl)
+  endif()
   find_package(unofficial-glib CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
   list(APPEND project_sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/hb-glib.cc)