diff --git a/kholidays/Makefile.am b/kholidays/Makefile.am
index 76a288f7c..27b0e5374 100644
--- a/kholidays/Makefile.am
+++ b/kholidays/Makefile.am
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
 SUBDIRS=holidays
 
 METASOURCES = AUTO
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) $(all_includes)
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libkholidays.la
 
 libkholidays_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) -no-undefined -version-info 1:0:0
 libkholidays_la_LIBADD = $(LIB_KIO)
 libkholidays_la_SOURCES = kholidays.cpp scanholiday.c parseholiday.h parseholiday.c lunarphase.cpp
 
 #the lex/flex and yacc/bison files are in CVS and NOT generated
 #we do this to eliminate the need for those programs
 #parseholiday.c:
 #	$(YACC) -p kcal -d -o parseholiday.c parseholiday.y
 #
 #parseholiday.h:
 #	$(YACC) -p kcal -d -o parseholiday.c parseholiday.y
 #
 #scanholiday.c: parseholiday.h
 #	$(LEX) -Pkcal -B -oscanholiday.c scanholiday.lex
 #
 #clean:
 #	-rm -f scanholiday.c parseholiday.h parseholiday.c
+
+messages: rc.cpp
+	$(XGETTEXT) *.cpp -o $(podir)/libkholidays.pot