diff --git a/src/po/Make_ming.mak b/src/po/Make_ming.mak
index 1912bc5..42dab84 100644
--- a/src/po/Make_ming.mak
+++ b/src/po/Make_ming.mak
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@
 first_time: $(PO_INPUTLIST) $(PO_VIM_INPUTLIST)
 	$(VIM) -u NONE --not-a-term -S tojavascript.vim $(LANGUAGE).pot $(PO_VIM_INPUTLIST)
 	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(LANGUAGE) \
-		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 $(PO_INPUTLIST) $(PO_VIM_JSLIST)
+		--add-comments $(XGETTEXT_KEYWORDS) $(PO_INPUTLIST) $(PO_VIM_JSLIST)
 	$(VIM) -u NONE --not-a-term -S fixfilenames.vim $(LANGUAGE).pot $(PO_VIM_INPUTLIST)
 	$(RM) *.js
 
 $(PACKAGE).pot: $(PO_INPUTLIST) $(PO_VIM_INPUTLIST)
 	$(VIM) -u NONE --not-a-term -S tojavascript.vim $(PACKAGE).pot $(PO_VIM_INPUTLIST)
 	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) \
-		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 $(PO_INPUTLIST) $(PO_VIM_JSLIST)
+		--add-comments $(XGETTEXT_KEYWORDS) $(PO_INPUTLIST) $(PO_VIM_JSLIST)
 	$(MV) $(PACKAGE).po $(PACKAGE).pot
 	$(VIM) -u NONE --not-a-term -S fixfilenames.vim $(PACKAGE).pot $(PO_VIM_INPUTLIST)
 	$(RM) *.js