diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e742ea6..1d795d1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -200,10 +200,16 @@ gettext_args = [ '--msgid-bugs-address=@0@'.format(conf.get('PACKAGE_BUGREPORT')
 
 # Check for libintl.h
 opt_nls = get_option('nls')
+libintl_dep = dependency('', required: false)
+if opt_nls.allowed()
 libintl_dep = dependency('intl', required: opt_nls, fallback: ['libintl', 'libintl_dep'])
+endif
 if libintl_dep.found()
   conf.set('ENABLE_NLS', opt_nls.allowed().to_int())
   deps += [libintl_dep]
+  if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+    deps += [dependency('CoreFoundation', method: 'extraframework')]
+  endif
 else
   opt_nls = opt_nls.require(false)
 endif