diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bbcb5b630..40c236a34 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1176,17 +1176,6 @@ else()
   add_executable(furnace ${USED_SOURCES})
 endif()
 
-if (WITH_LOCALE)
-  set(FURNACE_LANGUAGES de es fr fi hy ko nl pl pt_BR ru sk sv th tr uk)
-  set(FURNACE_LANGUAGE_DEPENDS "")
-
-  foreach(I IN LISTS FURNACE_LANGUAGES)
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT "locale/${I}/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo" COMMAND mkdir -p "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/${I}/LC_MESSAGES/" COMMAND msgfmt ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po/${I}.po -o "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locale/${I}/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo" DEPENDS po/${I}.po WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
-    list(APPEND FURNACE_LANGUAGE_DEPENDS "locale/${I}/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo")
-  endforeach()
-  add_custom_target(furnace-locale ALL DEPENDS ${FURNACE_LANGUAGE_DEPENDS})
-endif()
-
 target_include_directories(furnace SYSTEM PRIVATE ${DEPENDENCIES_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_compile_options(furnace PRIVATE ${DEPENDENCIES_COMPILE_OPTIONS})
 target_link_libraries(furnace PRIVATE ${DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 646701c5a..7ff21893a 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ android {
         versionName "0.6.3"
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
-                arguments "-DANDROID_APP_PLATFORM=android-21", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_static", "-DWARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS=ON"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_APP_PLATFORM=android-21", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_static", "-DWARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS=ON", "-DWITH_LOCALE=ON", "-DUSE_MOMO=ON"
                 // abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a', 'x86', 'x86_64'
                 abiFilters 'arm64-v8a'
             }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/assets/locale b/android/app/src/main/assets/locale
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..c8da044c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/assets/locale
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../po/locale
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/po/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4645dd2b8
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diff --git a/po/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cf6cbb0e
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diff --git a/po/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0108c0dca
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diff --git a/po/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53afcc0a7
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diff --git a/po/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf38ee528
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diff --git a/po/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97297f47f
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diff --git a/po/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e348aa901
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diff --git a/po/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7290aa248
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diff --git a/po/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6a48eed7
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diff --git a/po/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a13a62644
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diff --git a/po/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98936155b
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diff --git a/po/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7dc449d2
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diff --git a/po/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fe7ee229
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diff --git a/po/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..344091c55
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diff --git a/po/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo b/po/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c64061179
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diff --git a/scripts/build-po.sh b/scripts/build-po.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8ccddafa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-po.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+EXPORT_LANGS=("de" "es" "fr" "fi" "hy" "ko" "nl" "pl" "pt_BR" "ru" "sk" "sv" "th" "tr" "uk")
+
+for i in ${EXPORT_LANGS[@]}; do
+  echo "compiling $i.po..."
+  mkdir -p "po/locale/$i/LC_MESSAGES/" && msgfmt "po/$i.po" -o "po/locale/$i/LC_MESSAGES/furnace.mo"
+done
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e24d7a147..85bbebb75 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ struct sigaction termsa;
 #define TA_TEXTDOMAIN textdomain
 #endif
 
+#ifndef LC_CTYPE
+#define LC_CTYPE 0
+#endif
+#ifndef LC_MESSAGES
+#define LC_MESSAGES 1
+#endif
+
 #include "cli/cli.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GUI
@@ -501,12 +508,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LOCALE
   const char* localeRet=NULL;
-  if ((localeRet=TA_SETLOCALE(LC_CTYPE,""))==NULL) {
+  if ((localeRet=TA_SETLOCALE(LC_CTYPE,"pt_BR"))==NULL) {
     logE("could not set locale (CTYPE)!");
   } else {
     logV("locale: %s",localeRet);
   }
-  if ((localeRet=TA_SETLOCALE(LC_MESSAGES,""))==NULL) {
+  if ((localeRet=TA_SETLOCALE(LC_MESSAGES,"pt_BR"))==NULL) {
     logE("could not set locale (MESSAGES)!");
   } else {
     logV("locale: %s",localeRet);
diff --git a/src/momo/momo.c b/src/momo/momo.c
index 5125f57cc..477c4f383 100644
--- a/src/momo/momo.c
+++ b/src/momo/momo.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include "libintl.h"
+#include "momo.h"
 
 static char curLocale[64];
 static char tempPath[4096];
diff --git a/src/momo/momo.h b/src/momo/momo.h
index 3c64098bd..1f72ad638 100644
--- a/src/momo/momo.h
+++ b/src/momo/momo.h
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#define MOMO_FORMATARG __attribute__((format_arg(1)))
+
 const char* momo_setlocale(int type, const char* locale);
 const char* momo_bindtextdomain(const char* domainName, const char* dirName);
 const char* momo_textdomain(const char* domainName);
 
-const char* momo_gettext(const char* str);
+const char* momo_gettext(const char* str) MOMO_FORMATARG;
 const char* momo_ngettext(const char* str1, const char* str2, unsigned long amount);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus