diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dd26cb18c..b2e8ad37b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-11-25  Yves Blusseau  <yves.blusseau@zetam.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: move the call to AM_GNU_GETTEXT to avoid warnings when
+	aclocal is run.
+
 2009-11-25  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
 
 	* normal/main.c (grub_normal_read_line): Fix off-by-one
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 58b291d4f..0a76c7b51 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ dnl type.
 
 AC_INIT([GRUB],[1.97],[bug-grub@gnu.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE()
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT()
 AC_PREREQ(2.59d)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([include/grub/dl.h])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
@@ -173,6 +172,7 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 test "x$GCC" = xyes || AC_MSG_ERROR([GCC is required])
 
 AC_GNU_SOURCE
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 
 # Identify characteristics of the host architecture.