diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dc389db..45a35df 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ AC_INIT(xdg-user-dirs-update.c)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(xdg-user-dirs, 0.18)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
 
 AM_SANITY_CHECK
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ GETTEXT_PACKAGE=xdg-user-dirs
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE,"$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [The gettext domain name])
 AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
 
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION([0.14.4])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 
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