diff -ru systemd-237.orig/debian/changelog systemd-237/debian/changelog
--- systemd-237.orig/debian/changelog	2018-02-03 00:30:05.000000000 +0100
+++ systemd-237/debian/changelog	2018-02-08 21:36:03.881981288 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+systemd (237-1ubuntu3) bionic; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/rules:
+    Fix creation of translation template (LP: #1707898):
+    - State the gettext package "systemd" explicitly.
+    - Use xgettext() to extract strings which intltool-update() fails
+      to extract.
+
+ -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 08 Feb 2018 21:42:00 +0100
+
 systemd (237-1ubuntu2) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * Disable gnu-efi on arm64, due to FTBFS. LP: #1746765
diff -ru systemd-237.orig/debian/rules systemd-237/debian/rules
--- systemd-237.orig/debian/rules	2018-01-11 12:59:54.000000000 +0100
+++ systemd-237/debian/rules	2018-02-08 20:11:59.987841675 +0100
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
 	dh_auto_build --builddirectory=build-udeb
 endif
 	# generate POT file for translators
-	cd build-deb/po; srcdir=../../po intltool-update --pot --verbose
+	cd build-deb/po; srcdir=../../po intltool-update --pot --verbose --gettext-package=systemd
+	xgettext -f "po/POTFILES.in" -o "build-deb/po/systemd.pot" --join-existing
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	dh_auto_install --builddirectory=build-deb \