diff --git a/tools/generatepot.sh b/tools/generatepot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0d3aafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/generatepot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash -xe
+
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+DOCNAME=i18n-guide
+DIRECTORY=doc
+
+if [ -x "$(command -v getconf)" ]; then
+    NUMBER_OF_CORES=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
+else
+    NUMBER_OF_CORES=2
+fi
+
+# First remove the old pot file, otherwise the new file will contain
+# old references
+
+rm -f ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/$DOCNAME.pot
+
+# build i18n contributor guide page index.html
+sphinx-build -j $NUMBER_OF_CORES -b html -b gettext ${DIRECTORY}/source \
+    ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/
+
+# Take care of deleting all temporary files so that
+# "git add ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale" will only add the
+# single pot file.
+# Remove UUIDs, those are not necessary and change too often
+msgcat --use-first --sort-by-file ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/*.pot | \
+    awk '$0 !~ /^\# [a-z0-9]+$/' > ${DIRECTORY}/source/$DOCNAME.pot
+rm  ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/*.pot
+rm -rf ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/.doctrees/
+mv ${DIRECTORY}/source/$DOCNAME.pot ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/$DOCNAME.pot
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 92312c4..7cc0d97 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ commands =
   bash -c "find {toxinidir} -type f \( -name '*.po' -o -name '*.pot' \) -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 --no-run-if-empty msgfmt --check-format -o /dev/null"
   python {toxinidir}/tools/check_yaml_file.py {toxinidir}/tools/zanata/translation_team.yaml
 whitelist_externals = bash
+
+[testenv:generatepot]
+# Generate POT files for translation
+commands = {toxinidir}/tools/generatepot.sh