diff --git a/lam/po/make_po b/lam/po/make_po
index 8e2e2f20..3c68398a 100755
--- a/lam/po/make_po
+++ b/lam/po/make_po
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 # This script generates a messages.po file for translation from all .inc and .php files.
 
 cp messages.header messages.po
-find ../ -name *.php -exec xgettext --keyword=_ -L PHP -j --omit-header -s {} \;
-find ../ -name *.inc -exec xgettext --keyword=_ -L PHP -j --omit-header -s {} \;
+find -L ../ -name *.php -exec xgettext --keyword=_ -L PHP -j --omit-header -s {} \;
+find -L ../ -name *.inc -exec xgettext --keyword=_ -L PHP -j --omit-header -s {} \;