diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ab03dfab2c..8d059eb033 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ system_flags = $(foreach system,$(1),-s $(system))
 #
 # XXX: Depend on 'dist' rather than 'distcheck' to work around the Gettext
 # issue described at <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?51027>.
-release: dist-with-updated-version
+release: dist-with-updated-version all
 	cd po; git checkout .
 	@if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then			\
 	  echo "There are uncommitted changes; stopping." >&2 ;	\