diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1ecea31e15..45536d41d3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue Feb  3 20:26:53 CET 2008  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	Fix new "make distcheck" failures.
+	* src/xml.c (virDomainParseXMLOSDescHVM): Mark a diagnostic.
+
 	Remove all trailing blanks; turn on the rule to detect them.
 	* Makefile.cfg (local-checks-to-skip): Remove sc_trailing_blank.
 	* .x-sc_trailing_blank: New file, to exempt the few binary files.
diff --git a/src/xml.c b/src/xml.c
index c3e25d5f26..614deb0e6d 100644
--- a/src/xml.c
+++ b/src/xml.c
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ virDomainParseXMLOSDescHVM(virConnectPtr conn, xmlNodePtr node,
     bootorder[nbootorder] = '\0';
 
     if (loader == NULL) {
-        virXMLError(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "no HVM domain loader", 0);
+        virXMLError(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, _("no HVM domain loader"), 0);
         return -1;
     }