diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index d28bf85..32e8c5a 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # Create new linux.pot file
 # Adjust charset to UTF-8 in .po file to accept UTF-8 in Kconfig files
 # The symlink is used to repair a deficiency in arch/um
-update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext
+update-po-config: $(obj)/kxgettext $(obj)/gconf.glade.h
 	$(Q)echo "  GEN config"
 	$(Q)xgettext --default-domain=linux              \
 	    --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_      \
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 endif
 
 clean-files	:= lkc_defs.h qconf.moc .tmp_qtcheck \
-		   .tmp_gtkcheck zconf.tab.c lex.zconf.c zconf.hash.c
+		   .tmp_gtkcheck zconf.tab.c lex.zconf.c zconf.hash.c gconf.glade.h
 clean-files     += mconf qconf gconf
 clean-files     += config.pot linux.pot
 
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@
 $(obj)/lkc_defs.h: $(src)/lkc_proto.h
 	sed < $< > $@ 's/P(\([^,]*\),.*/#define \1 (\*\1_p)/'
 
+# Extract gconf menu items for I18N support
+$(obj)/gconf.glade.h: $(obj)/gconf.glade
+	intltool-extract --type=gettext/glade $(obj)/gconf.glade
 
 ###
 # The following requires flex/bison/gperf
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/POTFILES.in b/scripts/kconfig/POTFILES.in
index cc94e46..19d0e63 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/POTFILES.in
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/POTFILES.in
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 scripts/kconfig/conf.c
 scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
 scripts/kconfig/gconf.c
+scripts/kconfig/gconf.glade.h
 scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc