diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 458569872c1..ff329ad1163 100644
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ CheckOptions:
     file(GLOB hdrs "*.h")
     file(GLOB srcs "*.cpp")
     file(GLOB uis  "*.ui")
+    file(GLOB tss  "*.ts")
     QT_WRAP_UI(uis_hdrs ${uis})
     QT_ADD_RESOURCES(resources "gui.qrc")
+    # TODO: passing "-no-obsolete" here breaks the translations
+    QT_CREATE_TRANSLATION(qms ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${tss})
     list(APPEND cppcheck-gui-deps ${hdrs} ${uis_hdrs} ${resources} ${qms})
     add_custom_target(gui-build-deps SOURCES ${cppcheck-gui-deps})