diff --git a/cvscompile b/cvscompile
index 2047616..27e4b70 100644
--- a/cvscompile
+++ b/cvscompile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ if test -d ../alsa-lib/utils && ! test -r `aclocal --print-ac-dir`/alsa.m4; then
   alsa_m4_flags="-I ../alsa-lib/utils"
 fi
 aclocal $alsa_m4_flags $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
+gettextize -c -f
 autoheader
 automake --foreign --copy --add-missing
 touch depcomp		# for older automake