diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 68c6e7362..52a32235c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project(
     'cpp_std': 'c++11',
     'default_library': 'static',
     'auto_features': 'disabled',
-    'force_fallback_for': 'gio-2.0,gstreamer-controller-1.0,gstreamer-app-1.0,gstreamer-pbutils-1.0,glib-2.0,gobject-2.0,gio-2.0,gio-unix-2.0,fdk-aac,zlib,libffi,pcre2,intl,x264,freetype2,libpng,libjpeg,fontconfig,pango,opus,fribidi,harfbuzz,nettle,cairo,pixman,expat,openssl',
+    'force_fallback_for': 'gio-2.0,gstreamer-controller-1.0,gstreamer-app-1.0,gstreamer-pbutils-1.0,glib-2.0,gobject-2.0,gio-2.0,gio-unix-2.0,fdk-aac,zlib,libffi,pcre2,intl,proxy-libintl,x264,freetype2,libpng,libjpeg,fontconfig,pango,opus,fribidi,harfbuzz,nettle,cairo,pixman,expat,openssl',
     'buildtype': 'debugoptimized',
     'prefix': '/usr/local', # otherwise mac meson will try and do /opt/homebrew sometimes
   },
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ x264_proj = subproject(
   default_options: {},
 )
 
+proxy_libintl_proj = subproject(
+  'proxy-libintl',
+  default_options: {},
+)
+
 ffmpeg_opts = {
   'aac_adtstoasc_bsf': 'enabled',
   'aac_decoder': 'enabled',
diff --git a/subprojects/proxy-libintl.wrap b/subprojects/proxy-libintl.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe34f386c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/proxy-libintl.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = proxy-libintl-0.4
+source_url = https://github.com/frida/proxy-libintl/archive/refs/tags/0.4.tar.gz
+source_filename = proxy-libintl-0.4.tar.gz
+source_hash = 13ef3eea0a3bc0df55293be368dfbcff5a8dd5f4759280f28e030d1494a5dffb
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/proxy-libintl_0.4-1/proxy-libintl-0.4.tar.gz
+wrapdb_version = 0.4-1
+
+[provide]
+intl = intl_dep