diff --git a/po/ChangeLog b/po/ChangeLog
index 6d61454026..72d655197d 100644
--- a/po/ChangeLog
+++ b/po/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
         * de.po: update
 
+2003-01-27  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@gullik.net>
+
+	* Makefile.in.in: Ignore items and submenus 
+        for pot file generation if they are commented out
+
 2003-01-26  Alfredo Braunstein  <abraunst@libero.it>
 
 	* es.po: update
diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index ae985c3166..4b056c4904 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -274,14 +274,14 @@ $(srcdir)/languages_l10n.pot: $(top_srcdir)/lib/languages
 
 $(srcdir)/default_ui_l10n.pot: $(top_srcdir)/lib/ui/default.ui
 	awk ' \
-	    /Submenu/ { \
+	    /^[^#]*Submenu/ { \
 		line=$$0; \
                 sub(/[^"]*"/, "", line); \
                 sub(/".*/, "", line); \
 	        printf("#: %s:%d\nmsgid \"%s\"\nmsgstr \"\"\n\n", \
                        FILENAME, FNR, line); \
             } \
-            /Item/ { \
+            /^[^#]*Item/ { \
 		line=$$0; \
                 sub(/[^"]*"/, "", line); \
                 sub(/".*/, "", line); \