--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(system-config-printer, 1.5.18)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(system-config-printer.py)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-xz dist-bzip2 subdir-objects 1.6])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION(0.20)
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.20)
 AX_REQUIRE_DEFINED([AM_GNU_GETTEXT])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])