diff --git a/src/util/xmlpool/meson.build b/src/util/xmlpool/meson.build
index 97693fa..69625fc 100644
--- a/src/util/xmlpool/meson.build
+++ b/src/util/xmlpool/meson.build
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
   'xmlpool_options.h',
   input : ['gen_xmlpool.py', 't_options.h'],
   output : 'options.h',
-  command : [prog_python2, '@INPUT@', meson.current_source_dir()],
+  command : [
+    prog_python2, '@INPUT@', meson.current_source_dir(),
+    'ca', 'es', 'de', 'nl', 'sv', 'fr',
+  ],
   capture : true,
   depend_files : files('ca.po', 'es.po', 'de.po', 'nl.po', 'sv.po', 'fr.po'),
 )