diff --git a/gawk-4.0.0h.de.po.bz2 b/gawk-4.0.0h.de.po.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b7d05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gawk-4.0.0h.de.po.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:fa2c93485e50a6fde8162c4a079c8ef721d700ff21ede7f71e8fb33b4f6a8b4c
+size 14264
diff --git a/gawk.changes b/gawk.changes
index e9bb337..9fe2d6d 100644
--- a/gawk.changes
+++ b/gawk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 30 16:16:45 CET 2012 - pth@suse.de
+
+- Compress message catalog.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 30 13:32:32 CET 2012 - pth@suse.de
+
+- Use latest german message catalog.
+- Call update-po as part of package build.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec  2 14:52:56 UTC 2011 - cfarrell@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gawk.spec b/gawk.spec
index 1392a22..6e4376f 100644
--- a/gawk.spec
+++ b/gawk.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gawk
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 Name:           gawk
 Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
-License:        GPL-3.0+
-Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
 Provides:       awk
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  update-alternatives
@@ -26,7 +24,10 @@ PreReq:         %{install_info_prereq} update-alternatives
 Version:        4.0.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        GNU awk
+License:        GPL-3.0+
+Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
 Source:         gawk-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source1:        gawk-4.0.0h.de.po.bz2
 Patch1:         gawk-3.1.8.diff
 Patch2:         gawk-revert-gsub-gawk3.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ Authors:
 %setup -q
 %patch1
 %patch2 -p1
-
+bunzip2 -c %{S:1} > po/de.po
 rm -f regex.[ch]
 chmod -x COPYING
 # force rebuild with non-broken makeinfo
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ AUTOPOINT=true autoreconf --force --install
 %else
   make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %endif
+make -C po update-po
 
 %check
 make check