diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index 8629fd61..9864d73b 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ stamp-po: $(srcdir)/$(DOMAIN).pot
 
 # This target rebuilds $(DOMAIN).pot; it is an expensive operation.
 # Note that $(DOMAIN).pot is not touched if it doesn't need to be changed.
-$(DOMAIN).pot-update: $(POTFILES) $(srcdir)/POTFILES.in remove-potcdate.sed \
+$(DOMAIN).pot-update: $(srcdir)/POTFILES.in remove-potcdate.sed \
 	$(srcdir)/at-expand.pl
 	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(DOMAIN) --directory=$(top_srcdir) \
+	  --directory=$(top_builddir) \
 	  --add-comments=TRANSLATORS: $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) \
 	  --files-from=$(srcdir)/POTFILES.in \
 	  --copyright-holder='$(COPYRIGHT_HOLDER)' \
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index c3001a55..fb0df5a1 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -38,9 +38,12 @@ misc/mklost+found.c
 misc/partinfo.c
 misc/tune2fs.c
 misc/util.c
+misc/uuidd.c
 misc/uuidgen.c
 resize/extent.c
 resize/main.c
 resize/online.c
 resize/resize2fs.c
 resize/sim_progress.c
+lib/ext2fs/ext2_err.c
+e2fsck/prof_err.c