diff --git a/src/po/check.vim b/src/po/check.vim
index abe999a..b4d50f1 100644
--- a/src/po/check.vim
+++ b/src/po/check.vim
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
   " remove '%', not used for formatting.
   let idline = substitute(idline, "'%'", '', 'g')
 
+  " remove '%' used for plural forms.
+  let idline = substitute(idline, '\\nPlural-Forms: .\+;\\n', '', '')
+
   " remove everything but % items.
   return substitute(idline, '[^%]*\(%[-+ #''.0-9*]*l\=[dsuxXpoc%]\)\=', '\1', 'g')
 endfunc
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 5a34c87..30b7759 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -677,6 +677,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    249,
+/**/
     248,
 /**/
     247,