diff --git a/src/CMakeL10n.txt b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
index 0a1005a..d6cf088 100644
--- a/src/CMakeL10n.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 ##### create translation templates ##############
 
 tde_l10n_create_template( "messages/tdeio-sword" )
+
+tde_l10n_create_template(
+    CATALOG "desktop_files/sword.protocol/"
+    SOURCES sword.protocol
+)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e170cb..377bc05 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ tde_add_kpart( tdeio_sword AUTOMOC
 
 ##### other data
 
-install(
-    FILES sword.protocol
+tde_create_translated_desktop(
+    SOURCE sword.protocol
     DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
diff --git a/translations/desktop_files/sword.protocol/sword.protocol.pot b/translations/desktop_files/sword.protocol/sword.protocol.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86bbf89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translations/desktop_files/sword.protocol/sword.protocol.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# 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: 2020-05-05 01:27+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"
+
+#. Description
+#: sword.protocol:9
+msgid "A tdeioslave for quick access to Bible texts within Konqueror"
+msgstr ""