diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
index 05857e3cd..ec666cb03 100644
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-08-28  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* autogen.sh: Touch po/all for --build-w32.  From Werner on stable
+	branch.
+
 2003-08-25  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* gnupg.spec.in: Rework much of the spec to use %-macros
diff --git a/scripts/autogen.sh b/scripts/autogen.sh
index b769355da..8b328e17d 100755
--- a/scripts/autogen.sh
+++ b/scripts/autogen.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ if test "$1" = "--build-w32"; then
 
     $tsdir/configure --build=${build} --host=${host} \
                 ${disable_foo_tests} $*
+
+    # Ugly hack to overcome a gettext problem.  Someone should look into
+    # gettext to figure out why the po directory is not ignored as it used
+    # to be.
+    [ $? = 0 ] && touch $tsdir/po/all
     exit $?
 fi