diff --git a/utils/mc/Makefile b/utils/mc/Makefile
index d68ff71bb..1f717c6eb 100644
--- a/utils/mc/Makefile
+++ b/utils/mc/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mc
 PKG_VERSION:=4.8.17
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.midnight-commander.org/
 PKG_SHA256SUM:=0447bdddc0baa81866e66f50f9a545d29d6eebb68b0ab46c98d8fddd2bf4e44d
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
-PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf gettext-version
 
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS := \
 	CONFIG_PACKAGE_MC \