diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 472f44b4..712b787c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 AC_FUNC_STRFTIME
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getcwd gettimeofday getwd putenv strdup strtoul uname)
 
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19.4])
+# FIXME: Remove AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION once autoreconf supports REQUIRE_VERSION
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19.6])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION([0.19.6])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 
 GETTEXT_PACKAGE=libgtop-2.0