diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f4b270f..17e102f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 AC_INIT(DVDAuthor,0.7.2,dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(src/config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autotools)