1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/po/fake_c.pl b/po/fake_c.pl
index 21cf25b0..d3ed27b0 100755
--- a/po/fake_c.pl
+++ b/po/fake_c.pl
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ s|//|/""/|g;			# ensure // or not understood as comments
 
 s|$|\\n\\|;			# multi-line strings not handled in C
 
+s/\\(@|$)/$1/g; # perl needs escaped special caracters but gettext must *not*
+
 sub simpl {
     local $_ = $_[0];
     s,\*/,,g;