diff --git a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
index ca981ec..9d1a299 100644
--- a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ autotools_do_configure() {
 				cp ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/config.rpath ${AUTOTOOLS_AUXDIR}/
 				if [ -d ${S}/po/ ]; then
 					cp ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/po/Makefile.in.in ${S}/po/
+					if [ ! -e ${S}/po/remove-potcdate.sin ]; then
+						cp ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/po/remove-potcdate.sin ${S}/po/
+					fi
 				fi
 				for i in gettext.m4 iconv.m4 lib-ld.m4 lib-link.m4 lib-prefix.m4 nls.m4 po.m4 progtest.m4; do
 					for j in `find ${S} -name $i | grep -v aclocal-copy`; do