diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 72f79976c6cd700fcf51b5183e80233bf67431d8..532ac9feeb7fff2e85baeb6838dfd9d2b39074ac 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ if(BUILD_CLIENT)
 	install(FILES ${images} DESTINATION ${DATADIR})
 
 	install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/minetest-c55.mo DESTINATION locale/de/LC_MESSAGES)
- 
+ 	install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/minetest-c55.mo DESTINATION locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES)
+ 	
 	if(WIN32)
 		if(DEFINED IRRLICHT_DLL)
 			install(FILES ${IRRLICHT_DLL} DESTINATION ${BINDIR})
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES COMMENT "mo-update [de]: Creating locale directory.")
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES COMMENT "mo-update [fr]: Creating locale directory.")
 
 add_custom_command(
 		OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/minetest-c55.mo
@@ -295,7 +297,19 @@ add_custom_command(
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po/de
 		COMMENT "mo-update [de]: Creating mo file."
 		)
+add_custom_command(
+		OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/minetest-c55.mo
+		COMMAND ${GETTEXT_MSGFMT} -o ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/minetest-c55.mo ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po/fr/minetest-c55.po 
+		DEPENDS 
+			${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES
+			${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po/fr/minetest-c55.po
+		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po/fr
+		COMMENT "mo-update [fr]: Creating mo file."
+		)
+		
 add_custom_target(translation_de ALL COMMENT "mo update [de]" DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/minetest-c55.mo)
+add_custom_target(translation_fr ALL COMMENT "mo update [fr]" DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/minetest-c55.mo)
+
 
 # Subdirectories
 
diff --git a/updatelocales.sh b/updatelocales.sh
index 1ac42342dac876b3cd8e1c19c145492ee6d17e8d..e8414510700c4b7249cab1b2d6d8901de4429f8a 100755
--- a/updatelocales.sh
+++ b/updatelocales.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 xgettext -n -o minetest-c55.pot ./src/*.cpp ./src/*.h
 msgmerge -U ./po/de/minetest-c55.po minetest-c55.pot
+msgmerge -U ./po/fr/minetest-c55.po minetest-c55.pot
 rm minetest-c55.pot