diff --git a/e2fsprogs-1.41.14.de.po.bz2 b/e2fsprogs-1.41.14.de.po.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b76c534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2fsprogs-1.41.14.de.po.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8dfafa487e282c07d51a065991920e3be1ef1c665570d56aa1cd8f759a27f32d
+size 32238
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.changes b/e2fsprogs.changes
index a5f50fb..c88d416 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.changes
+++ b/e2fsprogs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 24 14:22:36 CET 2011 - pth@suse.de
+
+- Add an updated german translation that has also been sent
+  upstream.
+- Call 'make update-po' in po/ to sync translations and original
+  messages.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 5 19:53:32 UTC 2011 - abrouwers@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.spec b/e2fsprogs.spec
index b951b8f..a06471f 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.spec
+++ b/e2fsprogs.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Url:            http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source2:        README.SUSE
 Source3:        baselibs.conf
+#Added for 1.41.14; can be removed with the next release
+Source4:        e2fsprogs-1.41.14.de.po.bz2
 #
 # e2fsprogs patches
 #
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ Development files for the com_err error message display library.
 # libcom_err patches
 %patch34 -p1
 cp %{SOURCE2} .
+bunzip2 -dc %{S:4} > po/de.po
 
 %build
 autoreconf --force --install
@@ -140,6 +143,8 @@ autoreconf --force --install
   --disable-fsck \
   CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
+#Guarantee that tranlations match the source messages
+make -C po update-po
 
 %install
 make install install-libs DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT ELF_INSTALL_DIR=/%{_lib}