diff --git a/debian/po/POTFILES.in b/debian/po/POTFILES.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98e8416d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[type: gettext/rfc822deb] templates
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/po/templates.pot b/debian/po/templates.pot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9f779644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/po/templates.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the plinth package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: plinth\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: plinth@packages.debian.org\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2018-07-03 16:39+0530\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. Type: note
+#. Description
+#: ../templates:1001
+msgid "FreedomBox first wizard secret - ${secret}"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Type: note
+#. Description
+#: ../templates:1001
+msgid ""
+"Please save this string. You will be asked to enter this in the first screen "
+"after you launch the FreedomBox interface. In case you lose it, you can find "
+"it in the file /var/lib/plinth/firstboot-wizard-secret."
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/debian/templates b/debian/templates
index ec65f82bd..ae46d4e76 100644
--- a/debian/templates
+++ b/debian/templates
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Template: plinth/firstboot_wizard_secret
 Type: note
-Description: FreedomBox first wizard secret - ${secret}
+#flag:translate!:3
+_Description: FreedomBox first wizard secret - ${secret}
  Please save this string. You will be asked to enter this in the first screen
  after you launch the FreedomBox interface. In case you lose it, you can find
  it in the file /var/lib/plinth/firstboot-wizard-secret.