1diff --git i/configure.ac w/configure.ac
2index bb07bba1..c4e15d53 100644
3--- i/configure.ac
4+++ w/configure.ac
5@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2 parallel-tests subdir-objects foreign])
6 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES(yes)])
7 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(include/config.h)
8 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
9+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
10+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
11
12 dnl configuration directory will be /usr/local/etc
13 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr/local)