diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0cb00dca..d4fb5e6d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ settings.toml
 .secrets.toml
 /rhc*.tar.*
 /vendor/
+*.mo
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e9565e46..a5c4d575 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 .ONESHELL:
 .SHELLFLAGS := -e -c
 
-VERSION := $(shell rpmspec rhc.spec --query --queryformat '%{version}')
+VERSION := $(shell rpmspec rhc.spec --query --queryformat '%{version}\n' | head -n 1)
 
 # The 'build' target is not used during packaging; it is present for upstream development purposes.
 .PHONY: build
 build:
 	go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=$(VERSION)" -o rhc ./cmd/rhc
 
+# Compile translation files (.po -> .mo)
+.PHONY: i18n
+i18n:
+	@for file in po/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.po; do \
+		msgfmt --check -o $${file%.po}.mo $$file; \
+	done
+
 .PHONY: archive
 archive:
 	git archive --prefix rhc-$(VERSION)/ --format tar.gz HEAD > rhc-$(VERSION).tar.gz
@@ -22,3 +29,4 @@ srpm: archive
 clean:
 	rm -f rhc
 	rm -f rhc-*.tar*
+	find po -name "*.mo" -type f -delete
diff --git a/rhc.spec b/rhc.spec
index df77361c..8dece130 100644
--- a/rhc.spec
+++ b/rhc.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Source2:        go-vendor-tools.toml
 
 BuildRequires:  go-vendor-tools
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  gettext
 %if 0%{?with_check}
 BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/dbus-launch
 %endif
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ export GO_LDFLAGS="-X main.Version=%{version} -X main.ServiceName=yggdrasil"
 # Generate man page
 %{gobuilddir}/bin/rhc --generate-man-page > rhc.1
 
+# Compile translation files (.po -> .mo)ç
+make i18n
+
 %install
 # Licenses
 %go_vendor_license_install -c %{S:2}
@@ -73,6 +77,14 @@ install -m 0755 -vd                     %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/
 install -m 0755 -vd %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/yggdrasil.service.d/
 install -m 0644 -vp %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/yggdrasil.service.d/rhcd.conf %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/yggdrasil.service.d/
 %endif
+# Localization files
+for mo_file in po/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo; do
+    if [ -f "$mo_file" ]; then
+        lang=$(echo $mo_file | sed 's|po/\(.*\)/LC_MESSAGES/.*|\1|')
+        install -m 0755 -vd %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/local/share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES
+        install -m 0644 -vp $mo_file %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/local/share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/rhc.mo
+    fi
+done
 
 %check
 %go_vendor_license_check -c %{S:2}
@@ -113,6 +125,8 @@ fi
 %if 0%{?with_rhcd_compat}
 %{_unitdir}/yggdrasil.service.d/rhcd.conf
 %endif
+# Localization
+%{_prefix}/local/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/rhc.mo
 
 %changelog
 %autochangelog