diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b8832a..f330602 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,68 +1,70 @@
 project(decoration-api)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "5.12.80")
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 find_package(ECM 0.0.11 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 # where to look first for cmake modules, before ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/ is checked
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR})
 
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(GenerateExportHeader)
 include(ECMPackageConfigHelpers)
 include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(ECMGenerateHeaders)
 
 ecm_setup_version(${PROJECT_VERSION} VARIABLE_PREFIX KDECORATION2
                         VERSION_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kdecoration2_version.h"
                         PACKAGE_VERSION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/KDecoration2ConfigVersion.cmake"
                         SOVERSION 5)
 
 #dependencies
 set(REQUIRED_QT_VERSION 5.4.0)
 find_package(Qt5 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS
     Core
     Gui
     Test
 )
 
 include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDEFrameworkCompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
 
 # require at least gcc 4.8
 if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
     if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "4.8")
         message(SEND_ERROR "Version ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} of the ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} C++ compiler is not supported. Please use version 4.8 or later.")
     endif()
 endif()
 
 set(KDECORATION2_INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/KDecoration2")
 find_package(KF5I18n CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 # Subdirectories
 add_subdirectory(src)
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
    add_subdirectory(autotests)
 endif()
 
 # create a Config.cmake and a ConfigVersion.cmake file and install them
 set(CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_PREFIX}/KDecoration2")
 
 ecm_configure_package_config_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/KDecoration2Config.cmake.in"
                                   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/KDecoration2Config.cmake"
                                   INSTALL_DESTINATION  ${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}
                                   )
 
 install(FILES  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/KDecoration2Config.cmake"
                "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/KDecoration2ConfigVersion.cmake"
         DESTINATION "${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}"
         COMPONENT Devel )
 
 install(EXPORT KDecoration2Targets DESTINATION "${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}" FILE KDecoration2Targets.cmake NAMESPACE KDecoration2:: )
 
 
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kdecoration2_version.h
         DESTINATION ${KF5_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT Devel )
 
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
+
+ki18n_install(po)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e209eb1..0a4fd20 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,59 +1,61 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kdecoration\")
+
 add_subdirectory(private)
 
 set(libkdecoration2_SRCS
     decoratedclient.cpp
     decoration.cpp
     decorationbutton.cpp
     decorationbuttongroup.cpp
     decorationsettings.cpp
     decorationshadow.cpp
 )
 
 add_library(kdecorations2 SHARED ${libkdecoration2_SRCS})
 generate_export_header(kdecorations2 EXPORT_FILE_NAME kdecoration2/kdecoration2_export.h)
 add_library(KDecoration2::KDecoration ALIAS kdecorations2)
 
 target_link_libraries(kdecorations2
     PUBLIC
         Qt5::Core
         Qt5::Gui
     PRIVATE
         kdecorations2private
         KF5::I18n
 )
 
 target_include_directories(kdecorations2 INTERFACE "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${KDECORATION2_INCLUDEDIR}>" )
 
 set_target_properties(kdecorations2 PROPERTIES VERSION   ${KDECORATION2_VERSION_STRING}
                                                SOVERSION ${KDECORATION2_SOVERSION}
                                                EXPORT_NAME KDecoration
 )
 
 ecm_generate_headers(KDecoration2_CamelCase_HEADERS
   HEADER_NAMES
     DecoratedClient
     Decoration
     DecorationButton
     DecorationButtonGroup
     DecorationSettings
     DecorationShadow
   PREFIX
     KDecoration2
   REQUIRED_HEADERS KDecoration2_HEADERS
 )
 install(FILES ${KDecoration2_CamelCase_HEADERS}
         DESTINATION ${KDECORATION2_INCLUDEDIR}/KDecoration2
         COMPONENT Devel)
 
 install(TARGETS kdecorations2 EXPORT KDecoration2Targets ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
 install(
     FILES
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kdecoration2/kdecoration2_export.h
         ${KDecoration2_HEADERS}
         decorationdefines.h
     DESTINATION
         ${KDECORATION2_INCLUDEDIR}/kdecoration2
     COMPONENT
         Devel
 )
diff --git a/src/Messages.sh b/src/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0f2522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT *.cpp -o $podir/kdecoration.pot