diff --git a/Makefile.config.in b/Makefile.config.in
index 88ad8af9..e1531fb1 100644
--- a/Makefile.config.in
+++ b/Makefile.config.in
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ LD = @LD@
 GIT = @GIT@
 CONFDIR = @CONFDIR@
 DOXYGEN = @DOXYGEN@
+GETTEXT_CFLAGS = @GETTEXT_CFLAGS@
 GLIBC21 = @GLIBC21@
 GMOFILES = @GMOFILES@
 GMSGFMT = @GMSGFMT@
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index caa1e9e4..013050f5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1673,11 +1673,13 @@ fi
 # A little fine tuning of gcc specific options (continued)
 # ===================================================================
 
+GETTEXT_CFLAGS=
 if test "x$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu" = "xyes"; then
   if test "$CONFIG_DEBUG" = "yes"; then
     # We want to see all warnings and live with none (in debug mode).
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror"
   fi
+  GETTEXT_CFLAGS="-Wno-uninitialized"
 
   case "`$CC -dumpversion`" in
     3.0|3.1|3.2)
@@ -1778,6 +1780,7 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu" = "xyes"; then
   done
 fi
 
+AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_CFLAGS)
 EL_LOG_CONFIG(CFLAGS, [Compiler flags (CFLAGS)], [])
 EL_LOG_CONFIG(CPPFLAGS, [Preprocessor flags (CPPFLAGS)], [])
 EL_LOG_CONFIG(LDFLAGS, [Linker flags (LDFLAGS)], [])
diff --git a/src/intl/gettext/Makefile b/src/intl/gettext/Makefile
index 1b45ac0a..14a7418e 100644
--- a/src/intl/gettext/Makefile
+++ b/src/intl/gettext/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ include $(top_builddir)/Makefile.config
 localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 builddir = $(top_builddir)/src/intl/gettext
 
+CFLAGS += $(GETTEXT_CFLAGS)
+
 OBJS = \
  bindtextdom.o \
  dcgettext.o \