diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 13ee47ea..f457a25d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -5541,3 +5541,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - cTimeMs now uses the monotonic clock, if available (thanks to Petri Hintukainen).
 - Fixed cVector::Clear() and cStringList::Clear().
 - Added cString::Truncate().
+- Fixed the "i18n:" target in the "newplugin" script, so that it can create the
+  initial *.pot file.
diff --git a/newplugin b/newplugin
index e025f74f..452f4b12 100755
--- a/newplugin
+++ b/newplugin
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: newplugin 1.39 2007/11/04 10:42:52 kls Exp $
+# $Id: newplugin 1.40 2008/01/13 11:49:08 kls Exp $
 
 $PLUGIN_NAME = $ARGV[0] || die "Usage: newplugin <name>\n";
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ I18Npot   = \$(PODIR)/\$(PLUGIN).pot
 	cp \$< \$\@
 
 .PHONY: i18n
-i18n: \$(I18Nmsgs)
+i18n: \$(I18Nmsgs) \$(I18Npot)
 
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