diff --git a/indicator/CMakeLists.txt b/indicator/CMakeLists.txt
index d10686a82..11175a347 100644
--- a/indicator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/indicator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kdeconnect-indicator\")
+
 set(indicator_SRCS
     main.cpp
     deviceindicator.cpp
diff --git a/indicator/Messages.sh b/indicator/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7706919b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/indicator/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name '*.cpp'` -o $podir/kdeconnect-indicator.pot
diff --git a/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt b/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt
index f0c000ee7..22adafeaf 100644
--- a/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kdeconnect-interfaces\")
+
 function(geninterface source_h output_h)
     set(xml_file ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${output_h}.xml)
     qt5_generate_dbus_interface( ${source_h} ${xml_file})
diff --git a/interfaces/Messages.sh b/interfaces/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f35eb33fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interfaces/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.h'` -o $podir/kdeconnect-interfaces.pot