diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3907058..7d73ab1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -129,3 +129,4 @@ subdir('accounts-service')
 subdir('malcontent-client')
 subdir('libmalcontent')
 subdir('pam')
+subdir('po')
diff --git a/po/.gitignore b/po/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a72ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+malcontent.pot
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index fd575ff..18cd688 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # List of source files containing translatable strings.
 # Please keep this file sorted alphabetically.
-accounts-service/com.endlessm.ParentalControls.policy
+accounts-service/com.endlessm.ParentalControls.policy.in
 libmalcontent/manager.c
 pam/pam_malcontent.c