diff --git a/src/nls-global.mk b/src/nls-global.mk
index b90a3f3889..4fc9937991 100644
--- a/src/nls-global.mk
+++ b/src/nls-global.mk
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ all-po: $(MO_FILES)
 ifeq ($(word 1,$(GETTEXT_FILES)),+)
 po/$(CATALOG_NAME).pot: $(word 2, $(GETTEXT_FILES)) $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 ifdef XGETTEXT
-	$(XGETTEXT) -D $(srcdir) -n $(addprefix -k, $(GETTEXT_TRIGGERS)) $(addprefix --flag=, $(GETTEXT_FLAGS)) -f $<
+	$(XGETTEXT) -D $(srcdir) -D . -n $(addprefix -k, $(GETTEXT_TRIGGERS)) $(addprefix --flag=, $(GETTEXT_FLAGS)) -f $<
 else
 	@echo "You don't have 'xgettext'."; exit 1
 endif
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ po/$(CATALOG_NAME).pot: $(GETTEXT_FILES) $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 # Change to srcdir explicitly, don't rely on $^.  That way we get
 # consistent #: file references in the po files.
 ifdef XGETTEXT
-	$(XGETTEXT) -D $(srcdir) -n $(addprefix -k, $(GETTEXT_TRIGGERS)) $(addprefix --flag=, $(GETTEXT_FLAGS)) $(GETTEXT_FILES)
+	$(XGETTEXT) -D $(srcdir) -D . -n $(addprefix -k, $(GETTEXT_TRIGGERS)) $(addprefix --flag=, $(GETTEXT_FLAGS)) $(GETTEXT_FILES)
 else
 	@echo "You don't have 'xgettext'."; exit 1
 endif