--- configure.in.~1.402.~	Tue Sep 30 16:40:37 2003
+++ configure.in	Tue Oct  7 22:48:59 2003
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [Gettext package])
 
 AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(ngettext, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NGETTEXT)], [AC_MSG_ERROR(ngettext is required)])
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(usleep)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(putenv,[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PUTENV,,[putenv])])
