diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1356a4690..3f904ffde 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
 
 SUBDIRS = lib src data
+
+locale-update:
+	make -C $(top_builddir)/data/locale install-locals