diff --git a/make-pot b/make-pot
index b860a349cb..2c8cd5f2e7 100755
--- a/make-pot
+++ b/make-pot
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ $XGETTEXT --default-domain="$GETTEXT_PACKAGE" \
           --flag=gtk_message_dialog_format_secondary_text:2:c-format \
           --flag=gtk_message_dialog_new:5:c-format \
           --flag=gtk_message_dialog_new_with_markup:5:c-format \
+          --flag=gtk_alert_dialog_new:1:c-format \
           --files-from="$srcdir/POTFILES.in" \
         && test ! -f "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE.po" \
            || ( rm -f "$srcdir/$GETTEXT_PACKAGE.pot" \