diff --git a/src/pam/meson.build b/src/pam/meson.build
index fe2d09a..465e543 100644
--- a/src/pam/meson.build
+++ b/src/pam/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ inih_cpp = dependency('INIReader', fallback: ['inih', 'INIReader_dep'])
 libpam = meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('pam')
 threads = dependency('threads')
 
+# Translations
+subdir('po')
+
 shared_library(
 	'pam_howdy',
 	'main.cc',
diff --git a/src/pam/po/LINGUAS b/src/pam/po/LINGUAS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/pam/po/POTFILES b/src/pam/po/POTFILES
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11b5c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pam/po/POTFILES
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+main.cc
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diff --git a/src/pam/po/meson.build b/src/pam/po/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..762f7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pam/po/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+i18n = import('i18n')
+
+# define GETTEXT_PACKAGE and LOCALEDIR
+gettext_package = '-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="@0@"'.format(meson.project_name())
+localedir = '-DLOCALEDIR="@0@"'.format(get_option('prefix') / get_option('localedir'))
+add_project_arguments(gettext_package, localedir, language: 'cpp')
+
+i18n.gettext(meson.project_name(),
+    args: [ '--directory=' + meson.source_root(), '--keyword=S:1' ]
+)
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