diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0eebb31..e45fe25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ src/lib/
 *.pot
 POTFILES*
 tmp/
+/po/LINGUAS
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 37defb7..7b3b841 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ po/$(PACKAGE_NAME).metainfo.pot: org.cockpit-project.$(PACKAGE_NAME).metainfo.xm
 po/$(PACKAGE_NAME).pot: po/$(PACKAGE_NAME).html.pot po/$(PACKAGE_NAME).js.pot po/$(PACKAGE_NAME).manifest.pot po/$(PACKAGE_NAME).metainfo.pot
 	msgcat --sort-output --output-file=$@ $^
 
+po/LINGUAS:
+	echo $(LINGUAS) | tr ' ' '\n' > $@
+
 # Update translations against current PO template
 update-po: po/$(PACKAGE_NAME).pot
 	for lang in $(LINGUAS); do \
@@ -68,12 +71,15 @@ watch:
 clean:
 	rm -rf dist/
 	rm -f $(SPEC)
+	rm -f po/LINGUAS
 
-install: $(WEBPACK_TEST)
+install: $(WEBPACK_TEST) po/LINGUAS
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/cockpit/$(PACKAGE_NAME)
 	cp -r dist/* $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/cockpit/$(PACKAGE_NAME)
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/metainfo/
-	cp org.cockpit-project.$(PACKAGE_NAME).metainfo.xml $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/metainfo/
+	msgfmt --xml -d po \
+		--template org.cockpit-project.$(PACKAGE_NAME).metainfo.xml \
+		-o $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/metainfo/org.cockpit-project.$(PACKAGE_NAME).metainfo.xml
 
 # this requires a built source tree and avoids having to install anything system-wide
 devel-install: $(WEBPACK_TEST)
diff --git a/packaging/cockpit-starter-kit.spec.in b/packaging/cockpit-starter-kit.spec.in
index 7a0093c..8afadd9 100644
--- a/packaging/cockpit-starter-kit.spec.in
+++ b/packaging/cockpit-starter-kit.spec.in
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires:  nodejs
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: libappstream-glib
+BuildRequires: gettext
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 8
+BuildRequires: libappstream-glib-devel
+%endif
 
 Requires: cockpit-system