diff --git a/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt b/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt
index 34570a6a..1f5e1bc3 100644
--- a/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ elseif(PLATFORM_LINUX)
     # for clock_gettime
     set(PLATFORM_LIBS "-lrt -lX11")
 elseif(PLATFORM_MACOSX)
-    set(PLATFORM_LIBS ${X11_X11_LIB})
+    find_library(LIBINTL_LIBRARY NAMES intl libintl )
+    set(PLATFORM_LIBS ${LIBINTL_LIBRARY} ${X11_X11_LIB})
 endif()