diff --git a/CMakeL10n.txt b/CMakeL10n.txt
index 1606387a8..c7670275d 100644
--- a/CMakeL10n.txt
+++ b/CMakeL10n.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ if( EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../dependencies/tqt3/src/xml/qxml.cpp )
 endif( )
 
 
+##### prepare tderandr/libtderandr.h #############
+
+# hide "#define" to allow strings to be extracted using xgettext
+file( READ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tderandr/libtderandr.h _tderandr_h )
+string( REGEX REPLACE "\n(#define[^\n]*)(I18N_NOOP)" "\n/*\\1*/\\2" _tderandr_h ${_tderandr_h} )
+file( WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tderandr/libtderandr.h.tde_l10n "${_tderandr_h}" )
+
+
 ##### prepare tdeabc/addressee strings ##########
 
 # read file
@@ -104,6 +112,7 @@ tde_l10n_create_template(
     "."
     "tdeabc/scripts/entrylist.tde_l10n"
     "tdecore/tde-config.cpp.cmake"
+    "tderandr/libtderandr.h.tde_l10n"
     "../dependencies/tqt3/src"
     "../dependencies/tqt3/src/xml/qxml.cpp.tde_l10n"
   EXCLUDES
@@ -121,8 +130,9 @@ tde_l10n_create_template(
     "^tdeio/"
     "^tdeioslave/"
     "^tdeprint/"
-    "^tdeui/colors/"
+    "^tderandr/libtderandr.h$"
     "^tdestyles/.*/config/"
+    "^tdeui/colors/"
     "/dependencies/tqt3/src/xml/qxml.cpp$"
   KEYWORDS
     tr tr:1,2
diff --git a/tderandr/libtderandr.h b/tderandr/libtderandr.h
index 0e07ad96e..1bf38c0f5 100644
--- a/tderandr/libtderandr.h
+++ b/tderandr/libtderandr.h
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 #include <ksimpleconfig.h>
 #include <tdelibs_export.h>
 
-#define ROTATION_0_DEGREES_STRING "0 degrees"
-#define ROTATION_90_DEGREES_STRING "90 degrees"
-#define ROTATION_180_DEGREES_STRING "180 degrees"
-#define ROTATION_270_DEGREES_STRING "270 degrees"
+#define ROTATION_0_DEGREES_STRING I18N_NOOP("0 degrees")
+#define ROTATION_90_DEGREES_STRING I18N_NOOP("90 degrees")
+#define ROTATION_180_DEGREES_STRING I18N_NOOP("180 degrees")
+#define ROTATION_270_DEGREES_STRING I18N_NOOP("270 degrees")
 
 /**
  * Simple API covering most of the uses of libtderandr.