diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc34a1938..fa9811cf9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2007-06-15  Werner Koch  <wk@g10code.com>
 
-	* configure.ac (W32SOCKLIBS): New.
+	* configure.ac: Call AM_PO_SUBDIRS.
+	(W32SOCKLIBS): New.
 
 	* autogen.sh: Use = and not == in test to be POSIXly correct.
 	<build-w32>: Disable use of regex.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9da692153..b46c8e33d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PRINTABLE_OS_NAME, "$PRINTABLE_OS_NAME",
 # Check for gettext
 #
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([checking for gettext])
+AM_PO_SUBDIRS
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.16.1])
 if test "$try_gettext" = yes; then
   AM_GNU_GETTEXT(,[need-ngettext])
@@ -886,9 +887,11 @@ else
   USE_NLS=no
   USE_INCLUDED_LIBINTL=no
   BUILD_INCLUDED_LIBINTL=no
+  POSUB=po
   AC_SUBST(USE_NLS)
   AC_SUBST(USE_INCLUDED_LIBINTL)
   AC_SUBST(BUILD_INCLUDED_LIBINTL)
+  AC_SUBST(POSUB)
 fi