diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index d4db27f..22b0d38 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ EOF
   exit 1
 }
 
+linguas=`sed -e '/^#/d' po/LINGUAS`
+revision=`LC_ALL=C svn info $0 | awk '/^Revision: / {printf "%05d\n", $2}'`
+sed -e "s/@LINGUAS@/${linguas}/g" \
+    -e "s/@REVISION@/${revision}/g" \
+        < "configure.in.in" > "configure.in"
 
 exec xdt-autogen $@
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.in.in
similarity index 100%
rename from configure.ac
rename to configure.in.in