diff --git a/data/popup.ui b/data/popup.ui
index 9e76694d..214fbea6 100644
--- a/data/popup.ui
+++ b/data/popup.ui
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- Generated with glade 3.22.1 -->
+<!-- Currently only serves translations until we make popover.rs use it -->
 <interface>
-  <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.16"/>
-  <object class="GtkPopoverMenu" id="main_menu">
-    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
-    <child>
-      <object class="GtkBox" id="box">
-        <property name="visible">True</property>
-        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
-        <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
-      </object>
-      <packing>
-        <property name="submenu">main</property>
-        <property name="position">1</property>
-      </packing>
-    </child>
-  </object>
+  <menu>
+    <section>
+      <item>
+        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">Keyboard Settings</attribute>
+        <attribute name="action">settings</attribute>
+      </item>
+    </section>
+  </menu>
 </interface>
diff --git a/debian/squeekboard.install b/debian/squeekboard.install
index 7f2df323..801d057c 100644
--- a/debian/squeekboard.install
+++ b/debian/squeekboard.install
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 tools/squeekboard-restyled usr/bin
 usr/bin/squeekboard /usr/bin
+usr/share/locale/
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 342eccaa..37a3499e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ add_project_arguments(
 
 i18n = import('i18n')
 
-conf_data = configuration_data()
-
 if get_option('buildtype').startswith('debug')
     add_project_arguments('-DDEBUG=1', language : 'c')
 endif
@@ -63,6 +61,7 @@ endif
 prefix = get_option('prefix')
 bindir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('bindir'))
 datadir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('datadir'))
+localedir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('localedir'))
 desktopdir = join_paths(datadir, 'applications')
 pkgdatadir = join_paths(datadir, meson.project_name())
 if get_option('depdatadir') == ''
@@ -72,6 +71,10 @@ else
 endif
 dbusdir = join_paths(depdatadir, 'dbus-1/interfaces')
 
+conf_data = configuration_data()
+conf_data.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', 'squeekboard')
+conf_data.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', localedir)
+
 summary = [
         '',
         '------------------',
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ cargo_script = find_program('cargo.sh')
 cargo_build = find_program('cargo_build.py')
 
 subdir('data')
+subdir('po')
 subdir('protocols')
 subdir('src')
 subdir('tools')
diff --git a/po/LINGUAS b/po/LINGUAS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7673daa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/LINGUAS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+de
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3641d8d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+data/popup.ui
diff --git a/po/de.po b/po/de.po
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fba9fe73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/de.po
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# German translations for squeekboard package.
+# Copyright (C) 2021 THE squeekboard'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the squeekboard package.
+# Automatically generated, 2021.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: squeekboard\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-12-03 18:41+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2021-12-03 18:41+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Automatically generated\n"
+"Language-Team: none\n"
+"Language: de\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ASCII\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+
+#: data/popup.ui:15
+msgid "Keyboard Settings"
+msgstr "Tastatureinstellungen"
diff --git a/po/meson.build b/po/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..897abe46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+i18n = import('i18n')
+i18n.gettext('squeekboard', preset : 'glib')
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index ae878778..d7afccff 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@
  * Autogenerated by the Meson build system.
  * Do not edit, your changes will be lost.
  */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#mesondefine GETTEXT_PACKAGE
+
+#mesondefine LOCALEDIR
diff --git a/src/server-main.c b/src/server-main.c
index 55d2df04..32923e8a 100644
--- a/src/server-main.c
+++ b/src/server-main.c
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         return 1;
     }
 
+    textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+    bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+    bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+
     if (!gtk_init_check (&argc, &argv)) {
         g_printerr ("Can't init GTK\n");
         exit (1);