diff --git a/package/kde31/kdesdk31/kdesdk31.conf b/package/kde31/kdesdk31/kdesdk31.conf
index c23457d5c..5d9c60a31 100644
--- a/package/kde31/kdesdk31/kdesdk31.conf
+++ b/package/kde31/kdesdk31/kdesdk31.conf
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 . $base/package/*/*/kde-31.conf
+
+# regenerate the broken shipped pofiles.cc
+hook_add premake 5 "flex -+ -o kbabel/common/libgettext/pofiles.{cc,ll}"
+