diff --git a/cmake/build-po-files.cmake b/cmake/build-po-files.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03736f2ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/build-po-files.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met:
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+# 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+#    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+#    without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+# ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+# FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+# DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+# OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+# LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+# SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+file(GLOB_RECURSE pofiles RELATIVE "${PO_DIR}" "${PO_DIR}/**.po")
+
+foreach(pofile IN LISTS pofiles)
+    if (NOT pofile MATCHES "_qt.po")
+        get_filename_component(name ${pofile} NAME_WE)
+        get_filename_component(langdir ${pofile} DIRECTORY)
+        set(dest ${COPY_TO}/${langdir}/LC_MESSAGES)
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${dest})
+
+        message(STATUS "building... ${pofile} to ${name}.mo" )
+        execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE} -o ${dest}/${name}.mo ${PO_DIR}/${pofile}
+            RESULT_VARIABLE code
+        )
+        if(code)
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "failed at generating ${name}.mo")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+endforeach()
diff --git a/src/main/CMakeLists.txt b/src/main/CMakeLists.txt
index f636675e1..1a3add02b 100644
--- a/src/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,60 @@ add_executable(falkon ${SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(falkon FalkonPrivate)
 
+# Same as ecm_install_po_files_as_qm, but only for *_qt.po
+function(install_po_files_as_qm podir)
+    if (LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR)
+        set(locale_install_destination "${LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR}")
+    elseif (CMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALEDIR)
+        set(locale_install_destination "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALEDIR}")
+    else()
+        set(locale_install_destination share/locale)
+    endif()
+    file(GLOB po_files "${podir}/*/*_qt.po")
+    foreach(po_file ${po_files})
+        get_filename_component(po_dir ${po_file} DIRECTORY)
+        get_filename_component(lang ${po_dir} NAME)
+        ecm_process_po_files_as_qm(
+            ${lang} ALL
+            PO_FILES ${po_file}
+            INSTALL_DESTINATION ${locale_install_destination}
+        )
+    endforeach()
+endfunction()
+
+# Same as ki18n_install, but skips *_qt.po
+function(install_po_files podir)
+    if (LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR)
+        set(locale_install_destination "${LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR}")
+    elseif (CMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALEDIR)
+        set(locale_install_destination "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALEDIR}")
+    else()
+        set(locale_install_destination share/locale)
+    endif()
+    get_filename_component(dirname ${locale_install_destination} NAME)
+    get_filename_component(destname ${locale_install_destination} DIRECTORY)
+
+    get_filename_component(absolute_podir ${podir} ABSOLUTE)
+    string(MD5 pathmd5 ${absolute_podir})
+
+    add_custom_target(pofiles-${pathmd5} ALL
+        COMMENT "Generating mo..."
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+                -DGETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE=${GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE}
+                -DCOPY_TO=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname}
+                -DPO_DIR=${absolute_podir}
+                -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/build-po-files.cmake
+    )
+
+    if (NOT TARGET pofiles)
+        add_custom_target(pofiles)
+    endif()
+    add_dependencies(pofiles pofiles-${pathmd5})
+
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname})
+    install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname} DESTINATION ${destname})
+endfunction()
+
 if (APPLE)
     set_target_properties(falkon PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/main/Info.plist)
     set_target_properties(falkon PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER "org.kde.falkon")
@@ -34,7 +88,8 @@ endif()
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     install(TARGETS falkon ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
     install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/themes DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/falkon)
-    ecm_install_po_files_as_qm(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po)
+    install_po_files_as_qm(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po)
+    install_po_files(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po)
 
     install(PROGRAMS ../../linux/applications/org.kde.falkon.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_APPDIR})
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/Messages.sh b/src/scripts/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38a0dcb6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+XGETTEXT_FLAGS_PYTHON="\
+--copyright-holder=This_file_is_part_of_KDE \
+--msgid-bugs-address=http://bugs.kde.org \
+--from-code=UTF-8 \
+-L Python \
+-ki18n:1 -ki18np:1,2 \
+"
+
+$XGETTEXT_PROGRAM $XGETTEXT_FLAGS_PYTHON `find hellopython -name '*.py'` -o $podir/falkon_hellopython.pot