diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index 40d9e670..4fff711f 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ getopt-gnu
 getpass-gnu
 getpeername
 getsockname
+gettext
 gitlog-to-changelog
 git-version-gen
 gnupload
diff --git a/src/wget.h b/src/wget.h
index cddacdc8..cdc4c4b6 100644
--- a/src/wget.h
+++ b/src/wget.h
@@ -58,13 +58,8 @@ as that of the covered work.  */
 
 /* `gettext (FOO)' is long to write, so we use `_(FOO)'.  If NLS is
    unavailable, _(STRING) simply returns STRING.  */
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-#	include <libintl.h>
-#	define _(STRING) gettext(STRING)
-#else
-#	define _(STRING) STRING
-#	define ngettext(STRING1,STRING2,N) STRING2
-#endif
+#include "gettext.h"
+#define _(STRING) gettext(STRING)
 
 /* A pseudo function call that serves as a marker for the automated
    extraction of messages, but does not call gettext().  The run-time