diff --git a/plugins/global/Messages.sh b/plugins/global/Messages.sh
index 246fd5b1..e3247f04 100644
--- a/plugins/global/Messages.sh
+++ b/plugins/global/Messages.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
-$XGETTEXT *.cpp -o ksysguard_plugins_global.pot
+$XGETTEXT $(find -name "*.cpp") -o ksysguard_plugins_global.pot
diff --git a/plugins/process/Messages.sh b/plugins/process/Messages.sh
index 227e4bfc..246a8f1e 100644
--- a/plugins/process/Messages.sh
+++ b/plugins/process/Messages.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
-$XGETTEXT *.cpp -o ksysguard_plugins_process.pot
+$XGETTEXT $(find -name "*.cpp") -o ksysguard_plugins_process.pot