diff --git a/po/its/polkit.its b/po/its/polkit.its
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c37e6bee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/its/polkit.its
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
+           version="2.0">
+  <its:translateRule selector="//*" translate="no"/>
+  <its:translateRule selector="//action/description |
+                               //action/message"
+                     translate="yes"/>
+</its:rules>
diff --git a/po/its/polkit.loc b/po/its/polkit.loc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7427ec672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/its/polkit.loc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<locatingRules>
+  <locatingRule name="polkit policy" pattern="*.policy">
+    <documentRule localName="policyconfig" target="polkit.its"/>
+  </locatingRule>
+</locatingRules>
diff --git a/po/meson.build b/po/meson.build
index 592b254447..126eeabe17 100644
--- a/po/meson.build
+++ b/po/meson.build
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ i18n.gettext(
     '--package-version=@0@'.format(meson.project_version()),
     '--sort-output',
   ],
+  data_dirs: meson.current_source_dir()
 )
 
 potfiles_dep = [