diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c251dac..c2dd1dd 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ GETTEXT_PACKAGE=planner
 AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [The prefix for our gettext translation domains.])
 
-AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+#AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.17])
 
 if test "x$prefix" = "xNONE"; then
   GNOMELOCALEDIR=$ac_default_prefix/${DATADIRNAME}/locale
