diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8c26be1..0d31185 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ subdir('podcasts-gtk/resources')
 
 i18n = import('i18n')
 subdir('podcasts-gtk/po')
+podir = join_paths (meson.source_root (), 'podcasts-gtk', 'po')
 
 cargo = find_program('cargo', required: false)
 gresource = find_program('glib-compile-resources', required: false)
diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/resources/meson.build b/podcasts-gtk/resources/meson.build
index db70267..425471b 100644
--- a/podcasts-gtk/resources/meson.build
+++ b/podcasts-gtk/resources/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 subdir('icons')
 
-install_data('org.gnome.Podcasts.desktop', install_dir : datadir + '/applications')
-install_data('org.gnome.Podcasts.appdata.xml', install_dir : datadir + '/appdata')
-install_data('org.gnome.Podcasts.gschema.xml', install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas'))
+i18n.merge_file ('desktop-file',
+  type: 'desktop',
+  input: 'org.gnome.Podcasts.desktop.in',
+  output: 'org.gnome.Podcasts.desktop',
+  po_dir: podir,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: join_paths (datadir, 'applications')
+)
 
+i18n.merge_file ('appdata-file',
+  input: 'org.gnome.Podcasts.appdata.xml.in',
+  output: 'org.gnome.Podcasts.appdata.xml',
+  po_dir: podir,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: join_paths (datadir, 'appdata')
+)
+
+install_data('org.gnome.Podcasts.gschema.xml', install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas'))
 
 configure_file(input: 'org.gnome.Podcasts.service.in',
                output: 'org.gnome.Podcasts.service',
diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/resources/org.gnome.Podcasts.appdata.xml b/podcasts-gtk/resources/org.gnome.Podcasts.appdata.xml.in
similarity index 100%
rename from podcasts-gtk/resources/org.gnome.Podcasts.appdata.xml
rename to podcasts-gtk/resources/org.gnome.Podcasts.appdata.xml.in
diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/resources/org.gnome.Podcasts.desktop b/podcasts-gtk/resources/org.gnome.Podcasts.desktop.in
similarity index 100%
rename from podcasts-gtk/resources/org.gnome.Podcasts.desktop
rename to podcasts-gtk/resources/org.gnome.Podcasts.desktop.in