1diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
2index 9946a0e..4621771 100644
3--- a/configure.ac
4+++ b/configure.ac
5@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.59d)
6 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
7 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
8 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
9+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
10+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
11 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES(yes)])
12 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(include/config.h)
13