diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a67c3e09..a11ddc79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ SAFETY_LOCK
 **/**dist
 **/**.egg*
 **/**.sh
+!archinstall/locales/locales_generator.sh
 **/**.egg-info/
 **/**build/
 **/**src/
diff --git a/archinstall/locales/locales_generator.sh b/archinstall/locales/locales_generator.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43e004d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archinstall/locales/locales_generator.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd $(dirname "$0")/..
+
+find . -type f -iname "*.py" | xargs xgettext -j --omit-header -d base -o locales/base.pot
+
+for file in $(find locales/ -name "base.po"); do
+	echo "Updating: $file"
+	path=$(dirname $file)
+	msgmerge --quiet --width 512 --update $file locales/base.pot
+	msgfmt -o $path/base.mo $file
+done