diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 9d0711133e..30316f5dad 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ libsemanage-python [platform:redhat]
 
 # Required for compressing collected log files in CI
 gzip
+# Required to build language docs
+gettext
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index b3abbc3a7b..3d969c3b63 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinxmark>=0.1.14 # Apache-2.0
 doc8>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
+bashate>=0.5.1 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 7aceb931c5..343935cd0d 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -353,3 +353,4 @@ sphinxmark_image = 'text'
 sphinxmark_text = watermark
 sphinxmark_text_color = (128, 128, 128)
 sphinxmark_text_size = 70
+locale_dirs = ['locale/']
diff --git a/tools/build-docs.sh b/tools/build-docs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d84fac0ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build-docs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/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.
+
+# Build English and translated version of project documentation
+
+DOCNAME=doc
+DIRECTORY=doc
+
+# clean build dir
+rm -rf  ${DIRECTORY}/build/
+
+# create pot files
+sphinx-build -a -b gettext \
+    -d ${DIRECTORY}/build/doctrees.gettext \
+    ${DIRECTORY}/source ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/
+
+# check all language translation resouce
+for locale in `find ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/ -maxdepth 1 -type d` ; do
+    # skip if it is not a valid language translation resource.
+    if [ ! -d ${locale}/LC_MESSAGES/ ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    language=$(basename $locale)
+
+    echo "===== Building $language translation ====="
+
+    # prepare all translation resources
+    for pot in ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/*.pot ; do
+        # get filename
+        potname=$(basename $pot)
+        resname=${potname%.pot}
+        # skip if it is not a valid language translation resource.
+        if [ ! -e ${locale}/LC_MESSAGES/${DOCNAME}-${resname}.po ]; then
+            continue
+        fi
+        # merge all translation resources
+        msgmerge -q -o \
+            ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/${language}/LC_MESSAGES/${resname}.po \
+            ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/${language}/LC_MESSAGES/${DOCNAME}-${resname}.po \
+            ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/${potname}
+        # compile all translation resources
+        msgfmt -o \
+            ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/${language}/LC_MESSAGES/${resname}.mo \
+            ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/${language}/LC_MESSAGES/${resname}.po
+    done
+
+    # build lamguage version
+    sphinx-build -a -b html -D language=${language} \
+            -d ${DIRECTORY}/build/doctrees.languages/${language} \
+            ${DIRECTORY}/source ${DIRECTORY}/build/html/${language}
+
+    # remove newly created files
+    git clean -f -q ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/${language}/LC_MESSAGES/*.po
+    git clean -f -x -q ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/${language}/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo
+    git clean -f -x -q ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/.doctrees
+    # revert changes to po file
+    git reset -q ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/${language}/LC_MESSAGES/${DOCNAME}.po
+    git checkout -q -- ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/${language}/LC_MESSAGES/${DOCNAME}.po
+done
+# remove generated pot files
+git clean -f -q ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/*.pot
+
+# build english version
+sphinx-build -a -b html \
+    -d ${DIRECTORY}/build/doctrees \
+    ${DIRECTORY}/source ${DIRECTORY}/build/html/
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index dcb717e881..f75e7cbdce 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ setenv =
 basepython = python3
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands=
-    bash -c "rm -rf doc/build"
     doc8 doc
-    sphinx-build -b html doc/source doc/build/html
+    bashate tools/build-docs.sh
+    {toxinidir}/tools/build-docs.sh