diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 83e46a0c..f114553d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,6 +10,36 @@
 # Python packaging for fpdb
 
 from distutils.core import setup
+from distutils.command.install_data import install_data as INST
+
+import glob, string, os
+
+
+class inst_translations(INST):
+
+    # Return triples for installations
+    def __locales(self, rootdir):
+        _globstr = '%s/*/*/*.mo' % rootdir
+        paths = glob.glob(_globstr)
+        _locales = []
+        for p in paths:
+            rp = string.split(p, '/', 2)
+            (lang, loc, mo) = string.split(rp[2], '/')
+            _locales.append( (lang, loc, mo) )
+        return _locales
+
+    def run(self):
+        locales = self.__locales('pyfpdb/locale')
+        for (lang, loc, mo_file) in locales:
+            lang_dir = os.path.join('share', 'locale', lang, loc)
+            lang_file = os.path.join('pyfpdb/locale', lang, loc, mo_file)
+            self.data_files.append( (lang_dir, [lang_file]) )
+        INST.run(self)
+
+
+commands = {
+    'install_data': inst_translations
+}
 
 setup(name = 'fpdb',
     description = 'Free Poker Database',
@@ -18,6 +48,7 @@ setup(name = 'fpdb',
     author_email = 'fpdb-main@lists.sourceforge.net',
     packages = ['fpdb'],
     package_dir = { 'fpdb' : 'pyfpdb' },
+    cmdclass = commands,
     data_files = [
         ('/usr/share/pixmaps',
             ['gfx/fpdb-icon.png', 'gfx/fpdb-icon2.png',