diff --git a/src/CMakeL10n.txt b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
index e14c5a7..b1b60ef 100644
--- a/src/CMakeL10n.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 ##### create translation templates ##############
 
 tde_l10n_create_template( "messages/kcmldapcontroller" )
+
+tde_l10n_create_template(
+    CATALOG "desktop_files/ldapcontroller.desktop/"
+    SOURCES ldapcontroller.desktop
+)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d061fb2..9d07317 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,4 @@ tde_add_kpart( kcm_ldapcontroller AUTOMOC
 
 ##### other data
 
-install(
-    FILES ldapcontroller.desktop
-    DESTINATION ${XDG_APPS_INSTALL_DIR}
-)
+tde_create_translated_desktop( ldapcontroller.desktop )
diff --git a/translations/desktop_files/ldapcontroller.desktop/ldapcontroller.desktop.pot b/translations/desktop_files/ldapcontroller.desktop/ldapcontroller.desktop.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a04223a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/desktop_files/ldapcontroller.desktop/ldapcontroller.desktop.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# This file is put in the public domain.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-05-25 15:39+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. Comment
+#: ldapcontroller.desktop:16
+msgid "A KControl tool for configuring an LDAP Realm Controller"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Keywords
+#: ldapcontroller.desktop:17
+msgid "ldap controller;"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Name
+#: ldapcontroller.desktop:18
+msgid "LDAP Realm Controller"
+msgstr ""