diff --git a/po/Makefile b/po/Makefile
index 021e91e..5008c42 100644
--- a/po/Makefile
+++ b/po/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ authentic.pot: $(PYFILES)
 
 %.po: authentic.pot
 	@echo -n "Merging authentic.pot and $@"
-	@msgmerge $@ authentic.pot -o $@.new
+	@msgmerge -N $@ authentic.pot -o $@.new
 	@if [ "`diff $@ $@.new | grep '[<>]' | wc -l`" -ne 2 ]; then \
 		mv -f $@.new $@; \
 	else \