diff --git a/bfd/.Sanitize b/bfd/.Sanitize
index 300aad5151..cc041872a4 100644
--- a/bfd/.Sanitize
+++ b/bfd/.Sanitize
@@ -614,4 +614,27 @@ for i in * ; do
 	fi
 done
 
+
+# This must come after all other sanitizations.  Re-sanitize the .pot
+# file.
+if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+   echo Re-computing files for gettext ...
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/POTFILES.in ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/POTFILES.in in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/POTFILES.in po/.Recover
+fi
+find . -name '*.[ch]' | sed -e 's,^\./,,' > po/POTFILES.in
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/bfd.pot ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/bfd.pot in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/bfd.pot po/.Recover
+fi
+xgettext `cat po/POTFILES.in` -o po/bfd.pot
+
 # eof
diff --git a/binutils/.Sanitize b/binutils/.Sanitize
index 8fa3df8ac7..eac10d5fce 100644
--- a/binutils/.Sanitize
+++ b/binutils/.Sanitize
@@ -122,4 +122,27 @@ Things-to-lose:
 
 Do-last:
 
+# This must come after all other sanitizations.  Re-sanitize the .pot
+# file.
+if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+   echo Re-computing files for gettext ...
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/POTFILES.in ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/POTFILES.in in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/POTFILES.in po/.Recover
+fi
+find . -name '*.[ch]' | sed -e 's,^\./,,' > po/POTFILES.in
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/binutils.pot ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/binutils.pot in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/binutils.pot po/.Recover
+fi
+xgettext `cat po/POTFILES.in` -o po/binutils.pot
+
+
 # eof
diff --git a/gas/.Sanitize b/gas/.Sanitize
index c7788c6255..4760fad180 100644
--- a/gas/.Sanitize
+++ b/gas/.Sanitize
@@ -440,4 +440,27 @@ for i in * ; do
 	fi
 done
 
+
+# This must come after all other sanitizations.  Re-sanitize the .pot
+# file.
+if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+   echo Re-computing files for gettext ...
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/POTFILES.in ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/POTFILES.in in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/POTFILES.in po/.Recover
+fi
+find . -name '*.[ch]' | sed -e 's,^\./,,' > po/POTFILES.in
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/gas.pot ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/gas.pot in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/gas.pot po/.Recover
+fi
+xgettext `cat po/POTFILES.in` -o po/gas.pot
+
 # eof
diff --git a/gprof/.Sanitize b/gprof/.Sanitize
index 14f72bd5de..8dd15e503d 100644
--- a/gprof/.Sanitize
+++ b/gprof/.Sanitize
@@ -97,4 +97,27 @@ make_solaris_order_map
 
 Do-last:
 
+# This must come after all other sanitizations.  Re-sanitize the .pot
+# file.
+if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+   echo Re-computing files for gettext ...
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/POTFILES.in ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/POTFILES.in in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/POTFILES.in po/.Recover
+fi
+find . -name '*.[ch]' | sed -e 's,^\./,,' > po/POTFILES.in
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/gprof.pot ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/gprof.pot in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/gprof.pot po/.Recover
+fi
+xgettext `cat po/POTFILES.in` -o po/gprof.pot
+
+
 # eof
diff --git a/ld/.Sanitize b/ld/.Sanitize
index 322888c914..b3deef464c 100644
--- a/ld/.Sanitize
+++ b/ld/.Sanitize
@@ -299,4 +299,26 @@ for i in * ; do
 	fi
 done
 
+# This must come after all other sanitizations.  Re-sanitize the .pot
+# file.
+if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+   echo Re-computing files for gettext ...
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/POTFILES.in ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/POTFILES.in in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/POTFILES.in po/.Recover
+fi
+find . -name '*.[ch]' | sed -e 's,^\./,,' > po/POTFILES.in
+
+if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f po/.Recover/ld.pot ]; then
+   if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+      echo Caching po/ld.pot in .Recover...
+   fi
+   mv po/ld.pot po/.Recover
+fi
+xgettext `cat po/POTFILES.in` -o po/ld.pot
+
 # eof