diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e8e9171b..682f84b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-08-04  Joel E. Denny  <joeldenny@joeldenny.org>
+
+	maint: add gettext version to release announcements.
+	Suggested by Paul Hilfinger at
+	<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2010-07/msg00019.html>
+	<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2010-08/msg00002.html>.
+	* cfg.mk (bootstrap-tools): Add gettext.
+
 2010-08-04  Joel E. Denny  <joeldenny@joeldenny.org>
 
 	doc: fix -W and %expect documentation some.
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index a43ca2fe..7ddfaeb3 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ local-checks-to-skip = changelog-check
 # this release.  Used solely to get a date for the "announcement" target.
 gnulib_dir = $(srcdir)/gnulib
 
-bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,flex,gnulib
+bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,flex,gettext,gnulib
 
 announcement_Cc_ = \
   bug-bison@gnu.org, help-bison@gnu.org, bison-patches@gnu.org, \