diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index b71597fb8f..02e07dc2ce 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
    past entries belonging to these authors: Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-05-06 21:35 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar hu)
+  * utils/hbmk2/hbmk2.prg
+    % Applied __I18N_potArrayJoin() tweak to embedded LoadPOTFiles()
+      function. This hugely boosts .pot merge performance for large
+      number of these files.
+
 2009-05-06 21:00 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
   * harbour/mpkg_deb.sh
     * accept also slang1 for GTSLN
diff --git a/harbour/utils/hbmk2/hbmk2.prg b/harbour/utils/hbmk2/hbmk2.prg
index bea913894c..d3eefa2667 100644
--- a/harbour/utils/hbmk2/hbmk2.prg
+++ b/harbour/utils/hbmk2/hbmk2.prg
@@ -5199,6 +5199,7 @@ STATIC PROCEDURE MakeHBL( aPO, cHBL, aLNG )
 
 STATIC FUNCTION LoadPOTFiles( aFiles, lIgnoreError )
    LOCAL aTrans, aTrans2
+   LOCAL hIndex
    LOCAL cErrorMsg
    LOCAL cFileName
 
@@ -5221,7 +5222,7 @@ STATIC FUNCTION LoadPOTFiles( aFiles, lIgnoreError )
             IF s_lDEBUGI18N
                hbmk_OutStd( hb_StrFormat( "LoadPOTFiles(): Loaded: %1$s", cFileName ) )
             ENDIF
-            __i18n_potArrayJoin( aTrans, aTrans2 )
+            __i18n_potArrayJoin( aTrans, aTrans2, @hIndex )
          ELSE
             IF ! lIgnoreError
                hbmk_OutErr( hb_StrFormat( I_( ".pot error: %1$s" ), cErrorMsg ) )