diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 52fe3ca..a858337 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -454,7 +454,9 @@ conf_flags="--enable-maintainer-mode"
 if test x$NOCONFIGURE = x; then
     printbold Running $srcdir/configure $conf_flags "$@" ...
     $srcdir/configure $conf_flags "$@" \
-	&& echo Now type \`make\' to compile $PKG_NAME || exit 1
+	|| exit 1
+    `cd po/ && make update-gmo 2>/dev/null`
+    echo Now type \`make\' to compile $PKG_NAME 
 else
     echo Skipping configure process.
 fi