diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e990d334..4dd89289 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-07-09  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
+
+	* bootstrap.conf (buildreq): Relax gettext version to 0.17.
+
 2010-07-09  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
 
 	* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add `vasprintf'.  Remove `asprintf'.
diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index e8ed80f6..769565ee 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ buildreq="\
 autoconf   2.59
 automake   1.9
 autopoint  -
-gettext    0.18
+gettext    0.17
 git        1.4.4
 makeinfo   -
 perl       5.5