diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ae4a0274..096ebb7b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ AC_FUNC_REALLOC
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
 
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19.8])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19.7])
 
 # For now, curses are needed to build kconfig. We may support a command-line
 # only configuration without curses later. For now, fail in configure but