diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..213c97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+SUBDIRS := lubuntu/po/
+
+all: install
+
+install:
+	for i in $(SUBDIRS); do \
+		make -C $$i; \
+		find $$i/../ -type f -iname "*.in" | xargs rm -f
+	done
+
+# vim:ts=4
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2d33f6a..5942f9c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 
 %:
 	dh $@
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	$(MAKE)
+	dh_auto_build
diff --git a/lubuntu/calamares.desktop b/lubuntu/calamares.desktop.in
similarity index 62%
rename from lubuntu/calamares.desktop
rename to lubuntu/calamares.desktop.in
index a9796fe..a843194 100755
--- a/lubuntu/calamares.desktop
+++ b/lubuntu/calamares.desktop.in
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Type=Application
 Version=1.0
-Name=Install Lubuntu 18.10
-GenericName=Install Lubuntu
+_Name=Install Lubuntu 18.10
+_GenericName=Install Lubuntu
 Exec=sudo calamares
-Comment=Calamares — System Installer
+_Comment=Calamares — System Installer
 Icon=calamares
 Terminal=false
 StartupNotify=true
diff --git a/lubuntu/po/Makefile b/lubuntu/po/Makefile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2138b4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lubuntu/po/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+POTFILES := $(shell cat POTFILES.in)
+
+all: generate-po-files
+
+generate-pot: POTFILES.in
+	intltool-update --pot --gettext-package=calamares-settings-lubuntu
+
+generate-po-files:
+	for i in $(POTFILES); do \
+		f=$$(echo $$i | sed 's/\.in//'); \
+		intltool-merge -d . ../$$i ../$$f; \
+	done
+
+update-po:
+	for i in *.po; do \
+		code=$$(echo $$i | sed 's/.po//'); \
+		intltool-update --gettext-package=calamares-settings-lubuntu --dist $$code; \
+	done
+
+# vim:ts=4
diff --git a/lubuntu/po/POTFILES.in b/lubuntu/po/POTFILES.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9c38b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lubuntu/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+calamares.desktop.in
diff --git a/lubuntu/po/calamares-settings-lubuntu.pot b/lubuntu/po/calamares-settings-lubuntu.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad677cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lubuntu/po/calamares-settings-lubuntu.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Base translation file for Lubuntu's Calamares settings
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Lubuntu Developers <lubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com>
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the package.
+# Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>, 2018.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-07-10 02:36-0500\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: ../calamares.desktop.in.h:1
+msgid "Install Lubuntu 18.10"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../calamares.desktop.in.h:2
+msgid "Install Lubuntu"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: ../calamares.desktop.in.h:3
+msgid "Calamares — System Installer"
+msgstr ""