diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d5c23f9..f82d58a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 BASH_BASED_CONFIGURE=./scripts/bash-based-configure
 BASH_BASED_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--buildtmp=$(pwd)/build"
-REQUIRED_CFLAGS="-DPATCHLEVEL=3 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -I."
+REQUIRED_CFLAGS="-DPATCHLEVEL=3 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -I. -pipe"
 RECOMMENDED_CFLAGS="-O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-stringop-truncation"
 DEBUG_CFLAGS="-ggdb -Wall"
 
diff --git a/locale/create-makefile b/locale/create-makefile
index fd0a6ad..2a5e7e5 100644
--- a/locale/create-makefile
+++ b/locale/create-makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ messages.pot: \$(CFILES)
 	@cd ..; xgettext --no-wrap -cTRANSLATORS: -o locale/messages.pot -k_ -k_utf \$(CFILES_NP)
 
 clean:
-	rm -f messages.pot
+	@rm -f messages.pot
 
 EOF