diff --git a/plasmoid/Messages.sh b/plasmoid/Messages.sh
--- a/plasmoid/Messages.sh
+++ b/plasmoid/Messages.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-$XGETTEXT `find . -name '*.qml'` -o $podir/plasma_applet_org.kde.plasma.mycroftplasmoid.pot 
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name '*.qml'` -o $podir/plasma_applet_org.kde.plasma.mycroftplasmoid.pot
+
diff --git a/plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 kde_enable_exceptions()
 
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"mycroftplasmoidplugin\")
+
 set(mycroftplasmoidplugin_SRCS mycroftplasmoidplugin.cpp launchapp.cpp notify.cpp filereader.cpp msmapp.cpp connectioncheck.cpp mycroftplasmoid_dbus.cpp)
 
 add_library(mycroftplasmoidplugin SHARED ${mycroftplasmoidplugin_SRCS})
diff --git a/plugin/Messages.sh b/plugin/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT *.cpp *.h -o $podir/mycroftplasmoidplugin.pot