diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7087d4e0b9..d0c8fc92cd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-10  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
+
+	* make-gnucash-potfiles.in: ignore dangling symlinks when
+	  building po/POTFILES.in
+
 2006-01-10  Christian Stimming  <stimming@tuhh.de>
 
 	* accounts/nb/*, configure.in: Add account templates for Norwegian
diff --git a/make-gnucash-potfiles.in b/make-gnucash-potfiles.in
index d627d207f6..1cf8b815a9 100644
--- a/make-gnucash-potfiles.in
+++ b/make-gnucash-potfiles.in
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ foreach my $file (@possible_files) {
   }
   next if $ignores{$path . $name};
 
+  # Ignore unreadable files, e.g. dangling symlinks
+  next unless (-r $path . $name);
+
   print $path . $name . "\n";
 }