diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e915f5e4..eded1a8d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-09-04  Steven Schubiger  <stsc@member.fsf.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: Place gl_EARLY and md5_EARLY before the gettext
+	macros in order to silence autoconf warnings.
+
 2009-09-04  Micah Cowan  <micah@cowan.name>
 
 	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): build_info.pl ->
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 067c3cb8..58bb8ebc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_AIX
 
+gl_EARLY
+md5_EARLY
+
 dnl
 dnl Gettext
 dnl
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external],[need-ngettext])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.17])
 
-gl_EARLY
-md5_EARLY
-
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 
 AC_PROG_LEX