diff --git a/kcal/Makefile.am b/kcal/Makefile.am
index 4edcff878..1bbcde63f 100644
--- a/kcal/Makefile.am
+++ b/kcal/Makefile.am
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 SUBDIRS = versit
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/libical/src/libical \
   -I$(top_srcdir)/libical/src/libicalss -I$(top_builddir)/libical/src/libical \
   -I$(top_builddir)/libical/src/libicalss -I$(srcdir)/versit $(all_includes)
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES   = libkcal.la
 libkcal_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) -no-undefined -version-info 1:0:0 -module
 libkcal_la_LIBADD  = $(LIB_QT) versit/libversit.la $(LIB_KFILE) \
                      $(top_builddir)/libical/src/libical/libical.la \
                      $(top_builddir)/libical/src/libicalss/libicalss.la
 
 libkcal_la_SOURCES = \
         incidencebase.cpp incidence.cpp journal.cpp todo.cpp event.cpp \
         freebusy.cpp attendee.cpp recurrence.cpp alarm.cpp \
         calendar.cpp calendarlocal.cpp \
         calformat.cpp vcalformat.cpp icalformat.cpp icalformatimpl.cpp \
 	vcaldrag.cpp \
         exceptions.cpp \
         scheduler.cpp imipscheduler.cpp dummyscheduler.cpp \
         calfilter.cpp \
         person.cpp period.cpp duration.cpp
 
 METASOURCES = AUTO
+
+messages:
+	$(XGETTEXT) *.cpp -o $(podir)/libkcal.pot