diff --git a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
index 80ae7d265b..d874807084 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/ecore/configure.ac
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ m4_ifdef([AM_GNU_GETTEXT],
    [
     AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
     po_makefile_in=po/Makefile.in
+    AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PO], [true])
+   ],
+   [
+    AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PO], [false])
    ])
 AC_SUBST(LTLIBINTL)