diff --git a/src/scriptengines/qml/Messages.sh b/src/scriptengines/qml/Messages.sh
index 7ff77b8b5..9ade13ac2 100644
--- a/src/scriptengines/qml/Messages.sh
+++ b/src/scriptengines/qml/Messages.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
-$XGETTEXT common/*.cpp plasmoid/*.cpp declarative/*.cpp -o $podir/plasma_scriptengine_declarative.pot
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name '*.cpp'` -o $podir/plasma_scriptengine_declarative.pot