diff --git a/gettext-tools/examples/hello-c-gnome3/configure.ac b/gettext-tools/examples/hello-c-gnome3/configure.ac
index ddacfb0bf..e1e6aebbf 100644
--- a/gettext-tools/examples/hello-c-gnome3/configure.ac
+++ b/gettext-tools/examples/hello-c-gnome3/configure.ac
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(hello-c-gnome3, 0)
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([unistd.h])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.18.3)
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.15)
 
 dnl Check GNOME specific stuff.
 dnl