diff --git a/steps-guix/guile-2.0.9/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/guile-2.0.9/pass1.sh
index cf854cfc..7a6b9b3b 100644
--- a/steps-guix/guile-2.0.9/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/guile-2.0.9/pass1.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ SEED_PREFIX="/bootstrap-seeds/guile-2.0.9"
 src_prepare() {
     default
 
-    AUTOPOINT=true autoreconf -fi
+    AUTOPOINT=true \
+    ACLOCAL_PATH="${PREFIX}/share/aclocal:${PREFIX}/share/gettext/m4${ACLOCAL_PATH:+:${ACLOCAL_PATH}}" \
+    autoreconf -fi
 
     # Match Guix's static bootstrap Guile approach: force the final `guile`
     # executable to be linked through libtool with -all-static.