diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index ecd5eb1b1d729ac3db2b622fe130ba78db391261..0a3a262de03081c987d2bf5445dd54e8e62cebbd 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:          libguestfs
 Version:       1.50.2
-Release:       2
+Release:       3
 Epoch:         1
 Summary:       A set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images
 License:       LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ fi
   extra=--with-supermin-packager-config=$(pwd)/yum.conf
 fi
 
-autoreconf -f
+autoreconf -fi -I%{_datadir}/gettext/m4
 %global localconfigure \
   %{configure} \\\
     --with-default-backend=libvirt \\\
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ rm -rf ocaml/html/.gitignore
 %lang(uk) %{_mandir}/uk/man*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 14 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1:1.50.2-3
+- fix build with gettext 0.24.1
+
 * Wed Mar 12 2025 yaoxin <1024769339@qq.com> - 1:1.50.2-2
 - Depend on PCRE2 instead of PCRE