diff --git a/make/gettext.mk b/make/gettext.mk
index f50f5134..3c643db1 100644
--- a/make/gettext.mk
+++ b/make/gettext.mk
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ GETTEXT_INPUT_DIRS          ?= $(wildcard $(TOPDIR)/tools $(TOPDIR)/src $(TOPDIR
 GETTEXT_INPUT_FILES         ?= $(foreach d,$(GETTEXT_INPUT_DIRS),\
 	$(shell find $d -name '*.php' -o -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.conf'))
 GETTEXT_KEYWORDS            ?= htr ehtr $(GETTEXT_EXTRA_KEYWORDS)
+GETTEXT_LINKS               ?= LC_MESSAGES
 
-all: $(GETTEXT_MO)
+all: $(GETTEXT_MO) | $(GETTEXT_LINKS)
 clean: clean-mo
 	$(RM) -rf *~ .*.swp
 install: install_MO
@@ -49,6 +50,12 @@ edit: merge $(GETTEXT_PROJECT_POT)
 	msgfmt --check --verbose --output-file $@.tmp $<
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 
+LC_%:
+	ln -s . $@
+clean.lc-links:
+	rm -f $(GETTEXT_LINKS)
+clean: clean.lc-links
+
 #msginit --no-translator --locale es_MX --output-file $(PROJECT)_spanish.po --input $(PROJECT).pot
 #sed --in-place $(PROJECT)_spanish.po --expression = '/"hello, world!"/,/#: / s/""/"hola mundo"/'
 #mkdir --parents ./es_MX.utf8/LC_MESSAGES