diff --git a/libnotificationmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/libnotificationmanager/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libnotificationmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libnotificationmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"libnotificationmanager\")
+
 add_subdirectory(declarative)
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
    add_subdirectory(autotests)
diff --git a/libnotificationmanager/Messages.sh b/libnotificationmanager/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libnotificationmanager/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT *.cpp -o $podir/libnotificationmanager.pot