diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3a3c56c318..cc32dcab4b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ update-po:: $(PO_TEMPLATE)
 	$(foreach p, $(ALL_POFILES), echo Updating $p ; msgmerge -U $p $(PO_TEMPLATE) ; )
 $(ALL_MSGFILES): %.msg : %.po
 	@echo Generating catalog $@
-	$(MSGFMT) --statistics --tcl $< -l $(basename $(notdir $<)) -d $(dir $@)
+	$(MSGFMT) --statistics --tcl -l $(basename $(notdir $<)) -d $(dir $@) $<
 
 .PHONY: all install uninstall clean update-po
 .PHONY: FORCE