diff --git a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
index 2182844..9ffcfa0 100644
--- a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
@@ -1834,13 +1834,20 @@ macro( tde_create_translated_desktop )
   if( NOT _src )
     tde_message_fatal( "no source desktop file specified" )
   endif( )
-  get_filename_component( _basename ${_src} NAME )
+  get_filename_component( _basename ${_src} ABSOLUTE )
+  get_filename_component( _basedir ${_basename} PATH )
+  file( RELATIVE_PATH _basename "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${_basename}" )
 
   # if no output name specified, use the same as source
   if( NOT _out_name )
     get_filename_component( _out_name ${_src} NAME )
   endif( )
 
+  # prepare the binary directory according to source directory
+  file( RELATIVE_PATH _binary_basedir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${_basedir}" )
+  set( _binary_basedir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_binary_basedir}" )
+  file( MAKE_DIRECTORY "${_binary_basedir}" )
+
   # if no po directory specified, try to determine it
   if( NOT _po_dir )
     if( EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/translations/desktop_files/${_basename} AND