diff --git a/.gnulib b/.gnulib
index 108cfb8031..11fbc57405 160000
--- a/.gnulib
+++ b/.gnulib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 108cfb803174abf17eb101e9999b9d1a642ce1ba
+Subproject commit 11fbc57405a118e6ec9a3ebc19bbf5ececdae4d6
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 117cb201a4..bcd48a3dbf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1655,6 +1655,11 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_LIBVIRTD],[test "x$with_libvirtd" = "xyes"])
 dnl Check for gettext
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.14.1])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+dnl Since we're using such an old version of gettext, we must also define
+dnl this symbol, in order to make the autopoint-supplied Makefile.in.in
+dnl work properly.
+AC_SUBST([MKINSTALLDIRS], ["\$(top_builddir)/$ac_aux_dir/mkinstalldirs"])
+
 ALL_LINGUAS=`cd "$srcdir/po" > /dev/null && ls *.po | sed 's+\.po$++'`
 
 dnl Extra link-time flags for Cygwin.