diff --git a/po/ChangeLog b/po/ChangeLog
index 7ac7c2065c..45f8182c2e 100644
--- a/po/ChangeLog
+++ b/po/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-04  Allan Rae  <rae@lyx.org>
+
+	* Makefile.in.in (.po.pox): make it work when builddir != srcdir
+
 2002-04-03  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@birdstep.com>
 
 	* da.po: update from Claus Hindsgaul
diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index 6e414efdbd..f80ea5da13 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ CATALOGS = @CATALOGS@
 	$(COMPILE) $<
 
 .po.pox:
-	$(MAKE) $(PACKAGE).pot
+	$(MAKE) $(srcdir)/$(PACKAGE).pot
 	$(MSGMERGE) $< $(srcdir)/$(PACKAGE).pot -o $*.pox
 
 .po.mo: