diff --git a/SparkleShare/Nautilus/Makefile.am b/SparkleShare/Nautilus/Makefile.am
index a821d5e6..feb9a115 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Nautilus/Makefile.am
+++ b/SparkleShare/Nautilus/Makefile.am
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ NAUTILUS_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=$(subst $(NAUTILUS_LIBDIR),${libdir},$(NAUTILUS_PYTH
 extensiondir = $(NAUTILUS_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR)
 extension_SCRIPTS = $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(SOURCES))
 else
-EXTRA_DIST = $(SOURCES)
+EXTRA_DIST = $(SOURCES) sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py.in
 endif
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Nautilus/sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py b/SparkleShare/Nautilus/sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py.in
similarity index 92%
rename from SparkleShare/Nautilus/sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py
rename to SparkleShare/Nautilus/sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py.in
index 56885fb1..d2883389 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Nautilus/sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py
+++ b/SparkleShare/Nautilus/sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py.in
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ import nautilus
 
 SPARKLESHARE_PATH = os.path.join (os.path.expanduser ('~'), "SparkleShare")
 
+import gettext
+gettext.bindtextdomain('sparkleshare', '@prefix@/share/locale')
+gettext.textdomain('sparkleshare')
+_ = gettext.gettext
+
 class SparkleShareExtension (nautilus.MenuProvider):
 
 
@@ -100,8 +105,8 @@ class SparkleShareExtension (nautilus.MenuProvider):
             commit_hashes [i] = line.strip ("\n")
             i += 1
 
-        earlier_version_menu_item = nautilus.MenuItem ("Nautilus::OpenOlderVersion", "Get Earlier Version",
-                                                       "Make a copy of an earlier version in this folder")
+        earlier_version_menu_item = nautilus.MenuItem ("Nautilus::OpenOlderVersion", _("Get Earlier Version"),
+                                                       _("Make a copy of an earlier version in this folder"))
         submenu = nautilus.Menu ()
 
         i = 0
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ class SparkleShareExtension (nautilus.MenuProvider):
 
                 menu_item = nautilus.MenuItem ("Nautilus::Version" + epochs [i],
                                            timestamp + "\t" + username,
-                                           "Select to get a copy of this version")
+                                           _("Select to get a copy of this version"))
 
                 menu_item.connect ("activate", self.checkout_version, file_reference, commit_hashes [i],
                                    username, time.localtime (float (epochs [i])))
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 21b2da33..cf934f3c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ SparkleShare/Defines.cs
 SparkleShare/AssemblyInfo.cs
 SparkleShare/Makefile
 SparkleShare/Nautilus/Makefile
+SparkleShare/Nautilus/sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py
 po/Makefile.in
 Makefile
 ])
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index d99b5d04..846e6940 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ SparkleShare/SparkleSpinner.cs
 SparkleShare/SparkleStatusIcon.cs
 SparkleShare/SparkleUI.cs
 SparkleShare/SparkleWindow.cs
+SparkleShare/Nautilus/sparkleshare-nautilus-extension.py.in