diff --git a/host/CMakeLists.txt b/host/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/host/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"plasma-browser-integration-host\")
+
 set(HOST_SOURCES main.cpp
                 connection.cpp
                 settings.cpp
diff --git a/host/Messages.sh b/host/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.cpp` -o $podir/plasma-browser-integration-host.pot