diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt
index ab75c60871..afc70f413e 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #########################################################################
+# KI18N Translation Domain for this library
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kcmkwincompositing\")
 
 add_definitions(-DQT_USE_FAST_CONCATENATION -DQT_USE_FAST_OPERATOR_PLUS)
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING)
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/Messages.sh b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c9a5a8c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT *.h *.cpp qml/*.qml -o $podir/kcmkwincompositing.pot