diff --git a/po/meson.build b/po/meson.build
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+i18n = import('i18n')
+
+i18n.gettext(
+  meson.project_name(),
+  preset: 'glib',
+  # Page width is set to 90 characters in order to avoid bad wrapping of the
+  # bug reporting address.
+  args: ['--msgid-bugs-address=https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues/new',
+         '--width=90'],
+)
+
+po_dir = meson.current_source_dir()