diff --git a/gnome-abrt.spec b/gnome-abrt.spec
index d2dac9e..9600b2b 100644
--- a/gnome-abrt.spec
+++ b/gnome-abrt.spec
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ provides them with convenient way for managing these problems.
 autoconf
 %configure %checkoption
 %make_build
+# This is a workaround for the problem that *.gmo files are not updated
+# even if we have patches that update *.po files. As a result, translation
+# updates are not applied. Remove this as soon as we have a better solution,
+# maybe after the next upstream release (1.2.10?)
+make -C po update-gmo
 
 
 %install