diff --git a/plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index a5f7b60..31eb8e9 100644
--- a/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 kde_enable_exceptions()
 
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"mycroftplasmoidplugin\")
+
 set(mycroftplasmoidplugin_SRCS mycroftplasmoidplugin.cpp launchapp.cpp notify.cpp filereader.cpp msmapp.cpp connectioncheck.cpp mycroftplasmoid_dbus.cpp)
 
 add_library(mycroftplasmoidplugin SHARED ${mycroftplasmoidplugin_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(mycroftplasmoidplugin Qt5::Gui Qt5::Core Qt5::Qml Qt5::DBus Qt5::Network KF5::Plasma KF5::I18n KF5::Notifications)
 
 install(TARGETS mycroftplasmoidplugin DESTINATION ${QML_INSTALL_DIR}/org/kde/private/mycroftplasmoid)
 
 install(FILES qmldir DESTINATION ${QML_INSTALL_DIR}/org/kde/private/mycroftplasmoid)
 
 install(FILES mycroftPlasmoid.notifyrc DESTINATION ${KNOTIFYRC_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/plugin/Messages.sh b/plugin/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c337b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT *.cpp *.h -o $podir/mycroftplasmoidplugin.pot