diff --git a/libgphoto2_port/configure.in b/libgphoto2_port/configure.in
index 9946bf811..de6be6f9e 100644
--- a/libgphoto2_port/configure.in
+++ b/libgphoto2_port/configure.in
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl i18n support
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ALL_LINGUAS="da de fr es it ja no ru sl sv uk zh_CN"
+# EVIL HACKS
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for po/Makevars requiring evil hack])
+GETTEXT_PACKAGE="${PACKAGE}-${LIBGPHOTO2_CURRENT}"
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE,"$GETTEXT_PACKAGE",[The gettext domain we're using])
+AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
+if test -f po/Makevars.template
+then
+	sed -e "s/^DOMAIN.*/DOMAIN = ${GETTEXT_PACKAGE}/" < po/Makevars.template > po/Makevars
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([yes. done.])
+else
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+fi
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------