diff --git a/locale/Makefile b/locale/Makefile
index 29fc38a..c15199d 100644
--- a/locale/Makefile
+++ b/locale/Makefile
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ pot:	checkpo po2strings
 		--package-name="CUPS" --package-version="1.6" \
 		--msgid-bugs-address="http://www.cups.org/str.php" \
 		*/*.c */*.cxx
-	(cat cups.header; tail +6 cups.pot) > cups.pot.N
+	(cat cups.header; tail -n +6 cups.pot) > cups.pot.N
 	mv cups.pot.N cups.pot
 	echo Checking cups.pot...
 	./checkpo cups.pot