diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index 40714da1da..dfd7085d7b 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -1,21 +1,40 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2003-2019 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES    = Makefile.in config.h.in
 
 noinst_HEADERS	        = config.h 			\
 			  crm_internal.h		\
 			  doxygen.h			\
 			  pacemaker.h \
 			  pacemaker-internal.h		\
 			  portability.h                 \
 			  gettext.h
 pkginclude_HEADERS	= crm_config.h
 
 SUBDIRS                 =  crm pcmki
+
+# gettext.h is supplied by the gettext project
+
+GETTEXT_H		?= $(datadir)/gettext/gettext.h
+
+update-gettext:
+	@if [ ! -e "$(GETTEXT_H)" ]; then				\
+		echo "$(GETTEXT_H) not found";				\
+	else								\
+		cp "$(GETTEXT_H)" gettext.h;				\
+		git diff --quiet gettext.h 2>/dev/null;			\
+		if [ $$? -eq 0 ]; then					\
+			echo "No update needed";			\
+		else							\
+			git add gettext.h;				\
+			echo 'Review changes then run:';		\
+			echo 'git commit -m "Low: NLS: update gettext.h from upstream"'; \
+		fi							\
+	fi