diff --git a/roll-a-release.sh b/roll-a-release.sh
index b0166e45..ba00216c 100755
--- a/roll-a-release.sh
+++ b/roll-a-release.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ po/update_linguas.sh &&
 
 make distcheck &&  make dist-xz &&
 
+git add po/*.po &&
 git commit -a -m "$(git log -1 --grep 'po: up' | grep o: | sed 's/^    //')" &&
 
 gpg -a -b nano-$VERSION.tar.gz &&