diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b2b1243..3a8fd62 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ AH_TEMPLATE([GETTEXT_PACKAGE], [Name of this program's gettext domain])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GETTEXT_PACKAGE], ["$GETTEXT_PACKAGE"])
 AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
 
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.22])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.20])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT
 
 # ------------- GTK -------------------