diff --git a/src/CMakeL10n.txt b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
index 9d42aa3..5d88615 100644
--- a/src/CMakeL10n.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 ##### create translation templates ##############
 
 tde_l10n_create_template( "messages/kcmldapmanager" )
+
+tde_l10n_create_template(
+    CATALOG "desktop_files/ldapmanager.desktop/"
+    SOURCES ldapmanager.desktop
+)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 61fc2de..e438728 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,4 @@ tde_add_kpart( kcm_ldapmanager AUTOMOC
 
 ##### other data
 
-install(
-    FILES ldapmanager.desktop
-    DESTINATION ${XDG_APPS_INSTALL_DIR}
-)
+tde_create_translated_desktop( ldapmanager.desktop )
diff --git a/src/ldapmanager.desktop b/src/ldapmanager.desktop
index f21370a..f414087 100644
--- a/src/ldapmanager.desktop
+++ b/src/ldapmanager.desktop
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ X-TDE-ParentApp=kcontrol
 
 [Desktop Entry]
 Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=LDAP Realm Manager
 Comment=A KControl tool for managing users, groups, and machines in LDAP realms
 Keywords=ldap manager;
-Name=LDAP Realm Manager
 Categories=Qt;TDE;X-TDE-settings-components;
diff --git a/translations/desktop_files/ldapmanager.desktop/ldapmanager.desktop.pot b/translations/desktop_files/ldapmanager.desktop/ldapmanager.desktop.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ca79f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/desktop_files/ldapmanager.desktop/ldapmanager.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: 2020-05-26 12:02+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"
+
+#. Name
+#: ldapmanager.desktop:14
+msgid "LDAP Realm Manager"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Comment
+#: ldapmanager.desktop:15
+msgid "A KControl tool for managing users, groups, and machines in LDAP realms"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Keywords
+#: ldapmanager.desktop:16
+msgid "ldap manager;"
+msgstr ""