diff --git a/po/Makevars b/po/Makevars
index daa42e2b..7865213a 100644
--- a/po/Makevars
+++ b/po/Makevars
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ subdir = po
 top_builddir = ..
 
 # These options get passed to xgettext.
-XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=P_:1,2
+XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=P_:1,2 --no-wrap --escape --add-comments=
 
 # This is the copyright holder that gets inserted into the header of the
 # $(DOMAIN).pot file.  Set this to the copyright holder of the surrounding