diff --git a/ax_check_qt.m4 b/ax_check_qt.m4
index 3d5ab67..def2d92 100644
--- a/ax_check_qt.m4
+++ b/ax_check_qt.m4
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_QT], [
   AC_SUBST(AM_CXXFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(PKG_REQUIREMENTS)
   AX_ADDITIONAL_QT_RULES_HACK='
+
+LANGUAGE_FILE_BASE ?= translations
+
 ui_%.hxx: %.ui
 	$(UIC) -o [$][@] $<
 
@@ -152,9 +155,21 @@ moc_%.cxx: %.hxx
 	$(MOC) $(MOC_FLAGS) -o [$][@] $<
 
 qrc_%.cxx: %.qrc
-	$(RCC) -o [$][@] $<'
+	$(RCC) -o [$][@] -name ${<:%.qrc=%} $<
   AC_SUBST(AX_ADDITIONAL_QT_RULES_HACK)
-])
+
+%.qrc: %
+	cwd=$(shell pwd) && cd $< && $(RCC) --project -o ${cwd}/[$][@]
+
+%.qm: %.ts
+	${LRELEASE} $< -qm [$][@]
+
+#%.ts: ${LANGUAGE_FILES}
+#	${LUPDATE} -no-obsolete \
+#	           -target-language ${@:${LANGUAGE_FILE_BASE}_%.ts=%} \
+#	           -ts [$][@] $<
+
+'])
 
 # SYNOPSIS
 #
diff --git a/ax_init_standard_project.m4 b/ax_init_standard_project.m4
index 7509d7a..d53b195 100644
--- a/ax_init_standard_project.m4
+++ b/ax_init_standard_project.m4
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ EOF
 # require a specific package, with fallback: test for a header
 #  - parameter:
 #     $1 = unique id (no special characters)
-#     $2 = module name
+#     $2 = module name (optional, if different from id)
 #     $3 = a header file to find (optional)
 #     $4 = alternative module names (space separated, optional)
 #
@@ -385,12 +385,13 @@ EOF
 AC_DEFUN([AX_PKG_REQUIRE], [
   PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
   $1_found=no
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([$1], [$2], [
-    $1_found=$2
-    PKG_REQUIREMENTS+=" $2"
+  secondpar="m4_default([$2], [$1])"
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([$1], [m4_default([$2], [$1])], [
+    $1_found=$secondpar
+    PKG_REQUIREMENTS+=" $secondpar"
   ], [
     if test -n "$4"; then
-      AC_MSG_WARN([Recommended package $2 for feature $1 not installed, trying $4])
+      AC_MSG_WARN([Recommended package $secondpar for feature $1 not installed, trying $4])
       for pkg in $4; do
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES([$1], [$pkg], [
           PKG_REQUIREMENTS+=" $pkg"
@@ -450,12 +451,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_PKG_REQUIRE], [
   if test "${$1_found}" = "no"; then
     if test -n "$3"; then
       if test -n "$4"; then
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([Feature $1 not found, need header $3 in modules $2 or $4])
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([Feature $1 not found, need header $3 in modules $secondpar or $4])
       else
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([Feature $1 not found, need header $3 in module $2])
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([Feature $1 not found, need header $3 in module $secondpar])
       fi
     else
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([Feature $1 not found please install module $2])
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Feature $1 not found please install module $secondpar])
     fi
   fi
   AM_CPPFLAGS+=" ${$1_CFLAGS}"
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index c29a037..33d488b 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ to() {
         esac
         shift;
     done
-    if checkfile "$1" && test $rebuild -eq 0 \
+    if checkfile "$1" && test $rebuild -eq 0 -o "$1" = "configure.ac" \
         && ! contains "$1" "${rebuildfiles[@]}"; then
         # file already exists and must not be rebuilt
         return 1
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ Maintainer: @AUTHOR@
 Build-Depends: debhelper, pkg-config, autotools-dev, lsb-release $(if testtag AX_USE_DOXYGEN; then echo -n ", doxygen, graphviz"; fi; if testtag AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then echo -n ", libcppunit-dev"; fi; if testtag AX_CXX_QT || testtag AX_CXX_CHECK_QT; then echo -n ", qtbase5-dev | libqt4-dev, qtbase5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools"; fi)
 
 Package: @PACKAGE_NAME@
-$(if testtag AX_USE_LIBTOOL; then echo "Section: libs"; fi)Architecture: any
+$(if testtag AX_USE_LIBTOOL; then echo "Section: libs"; echo; fi)Architecture: any
 Depends: \${shlibs:Depends}, \${misc:Depends}
 Description: @DESCRIPTION@
 @README_DEB@