diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0e8eb97..af005d2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2007-10-08  Scott James Remnant  <scott@netsplit.com>
 
+	* configure.ac (AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION): Bump to 0.16.1 since this
+	version of gettext is needed for compatibility with Automake 1.10
+	* HACKING: Bump version in the docs too.
+
 	* Makefile.am (ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS): Specify that aclocal install
 	ordinarily system-wide macros into m4 (libtool.m4, specifically).
 	This makes it easier for packagers to modify autoconfery since
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 99e5328..d00ed8c 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	* GNU Autoconf 2.60
 	* GNU Automake 1.10
 	* GNU Libtool 1.5.22
-	* GNU Gettext 0.15
+	* GNU Gettext 0.16.1
 
 After checking out libnih from Bazaar-NG you will need to use these
 tools to generate the build files.  The correct way to do this is to
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e6f0a4d..d56e793 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 gnu nostdinc check-news dist-bzip2])
 
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.15])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.16.1])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT()
 
 # Checks for programs.