diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e926833..667a8e6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(gtkspell/gtkspell.c)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(AC_PACKAGE_NAME, AC_PACKAGE_VERSION)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+
 SPELLER_LIB=-lenchant
       
 AC_SUBST(SPELLER_LIB)