diff --git a/po-properties/ChangeLog b/po-properties/ChangeLog
index 6c85433d50..c2eaa7edb4 100644
--- a/po-properties/ChangeLog
+++ b/po-properties/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2009-03-01  Matthas Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	Bug 573515 – po-properties/ special Makefile.in.in handling causes
+	failure to build
+
+	* Makefile.in.in: Don't hardcode /bin/sh as shell, and
+	don't use obsolete calling convention for config.status.
+	Reported by Loïc Minier
+
 2009-02-28  Yair Hershkovitz  <yairhr@gmail.com>
 
 	* he.po: Updated Hebrew translation.
diff --git a/po-properties/Makefile.in.in b/po-properties/Makefile.in.in
index dcbf72dbc6..efc1475059 100644
--- a/po-properties/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po-properties/Makefile.in.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ VERSION = @VERSION@
 
 XGETTEXT_KEYWORDS = --keyword --keyword=P_
 
-SHELL = /bin/sh
+SHELL = @SHELL@
 @SET_MAKE@
 
 srcdir = @srcdir@
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ POTFILES: POTFILES.in
 
 Makefile: Makefile.in.in ../config.status POTFILES
 	cd .. \
-	  && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@.in CONFIG_HEADERS= \
-	       $(SHELL) ./config.status
+	  && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@.in
 
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make not to export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.