1diff --git a/config/configure.in b/config/configure.in
2index f2dd838b..e1b5ed47 100644
3--- a/config/configure.in
4+++ b/config/configure.in
5@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.config.in])
6 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
7 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
8
9+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
10+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
11+
12 CONFIGURE_RUN=yes
13 CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS=$ac_configure_args
14 echo "Arguments to configure: $CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS"