diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f9074e2..a9828a4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project(
-  'waybox',
+  'Waybox',
   'c',
   version: '0.0.1',
   license: 'MIT',
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server')
 wayland_protos  = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.17')
 xkbcommon  = dependency('xkbcommon')
 
+subdir('po')
 subdir('protocol')
 subdir('waybox')
diff --git a/po/meson.build b/po/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eb4a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+i18n = import('i18n')
+add_project_arguments('-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="' + meson.project_name().to_lower() + '"',
+  '-DLOCALEDIR="' + get_option('prefix') + '/' +  get_option('localedir') + '"',
+  language:'c')
+i18n.gettext(meson.project_name().to_lower(),
+  args: '--directory=' + meson.source_root()
+)