diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index e5fecb2ce..7955da76c 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ Martin                              martin@dresden.nacamar.de
 Martin Buck                         martin.buck@ascom.ch
 Martin Gallant                      martyg@goodbit.net
 Martin Hippe                        martin.hippe@schlund.de
+Martin Jacobs                       martin.jacobs@arcor.de
 Martin Michlmayr                    tbm@cyrius.com
 Martin Mitchell                     martin@debian.org
 Martin P.J. Zinser                  zinser@decus.de
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fb963ee98..71548519c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES='$(top_srcdir)/src/Makefile.am'
 AC_SUBST([CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES])
 ############################################################################
 
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external], [need-formatstring-macros])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external], [need-ngettext])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.15])
 
 # For a test of uniq: it uses the $LOCALE_FR envvar.