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