diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 4d65142e8b8bbe4554764e2049acc4347d01fe2a..da4108d45adab68b0ffb14b97e250a8d9b25c1d5 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -x
+  echo "[encoding: UTF-8]" > po/POTFILES.in \
+  && ls data/gajim.desktop.in.in data/glade/*.glade \
+  src/*py src/common/*py src/common/zeroconf/*.py -1 -U >> \
+  po/POTFILES.in || exit 1
   intltoolize --force --automake \
   && aclocal -I ./m4 \
   && libtoolize --copy --force --automake \