diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 77621757e..173859ee3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ if (KF5DocTools_FOUND)
     add_subdirectory(docs)
 endif()
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"libplasma5\")
+if (IS_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/po")
+    ki18n_install(po)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
 if (BUILD_EXAMPLES)