diff --git a/babel-django.cfg b/babel-django.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e78d6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel-django.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[extractors]
+django = django_babel.extract:extract_django
+
+[python: **.py]
+[django: **/templates/**.html]
diff --git a/babel-djangojs.cfg b/babel-djangojs.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8273b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel-djangojs.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[extractors]
+# We use a custom extractor to find translatable strings in AngularJS
+# templates. The extractor is included in horizon.utils for now.
+# See http://babel.pocoo.org/docs/messages/#referencing-extraction-methods for
+# details on how this works.
+angular = horizon.utils.babel_extract_angular:extract_angular
+
+[javascript: **.js]
+
+# We need to look into all static folders for HTML files.
+# The **/static ensures that we also search within
+# /openstack_dashboard/dashboards/XYZ/static which will ensure
+# that plugins are also translated.
+[angular: **/static/**.html]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ba701ae..f2f94d4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ python-solumclient>=1.2.7 # Apache-2.0
 pytz>=2013.6 # MIT
 
 oslo.utils>=3.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+
+# message extraction
+Babel>=2.3.4 # BSD
+django-babel>=0.5.1 # BSD
diff --git a/solumdashboard/locale/django.pot b/solumdashboard/locale/django.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c0732f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solumdashboard/locale/django.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+# Translations template for PROJECT.
+# Copyright (C) 2016 ORGANIZATION
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PROJECT project.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2016.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PROJECT VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-07-30 07:13+0000\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"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Generated-By: Babel 2.3.4\n"
+
+#: solumdashboard/dashboard.py:22
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/index.html:3
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/index.html:3
+msgid "Solum"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/panel.py:24
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:52
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:81
+msgid "Applications"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:26
+msgid "New Application"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:33
+msgid "Build and Deploy Application"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:46
+msgid "Delete Application"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:49
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:35
+msgid "Delete"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:50
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:36
+msgid "Deleted"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:51
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:59
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/_detail.html:2
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/_detail.html:2
+msgid "Application"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:64
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:50
+msgid "View"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:70
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:56
+msgid "UUID"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:72
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:58
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/_detail.html:5
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/_detail.html:5
+msgid "Name"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tables.py:74
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/create.py:34
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/launch.py:26
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:61
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/_detail.html:9
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/_detail.html:9
+msgid "Description"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/tabs.py:23 solumdashboard/assemblies/tabs.py:23
+msgid "General Info"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/create.py:30
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/_detail.html:20
+msgid "Git URL"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/create.py:32
+msgid "App Name"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/create.py:40
+msgid "Select git url for the application"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/create.py:51
+msgid "Create Application"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/create.py:52
+msgid "Create"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/create.py:53
+msgid "Created"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/create.py:54
+msgid "Could not create"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/launch.py:24
+msgid "Assembly Name"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/launch.py:44
+msgid "Configure name and description"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/launch.py:55
+msgid "Launch App"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/launch.py:56
+msgid "Launch"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/launch.py:57
+msgid "App launched"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/applications/workflows/launch.py:58
+msgid "Could not launch app"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/panel.py:24 solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:38
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:68
+msgid "Assemblies"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:25
+msgid "New Assembly"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:32
+msgid "Delete Assembly"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/assemblies/tables.py:37
+msgid "Assembly"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/_detail.html:7
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/_detail.html:7
+msgid "ID"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/_detail.html:15
+msgid "Artifact"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/_detail.html:17
+msgid "Type"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/_detail.html:23
+msgid "Language Pack"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/detail.html:3
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/detail.html:6
+msgid "Application Details"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/index.html:6
+msgid "Solum - Applications"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/launch.html:3
+msgid "Launch Application"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/applications/launch.html:6
+msgid "Solum - Launch Application"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/_detail.html:11
+msgid "Status"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/_detail.html:13
+msgid "URI"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/_detail.html:15
+msgid "Trigger URI"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/detail.html:3
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/detail.html:6
+msgid "Assembly Details"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/templates/assemblies/index.html:6
+msgid "Solum - Assemblies"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: solumdashboard/tests/settings.py:67
+msgid "Password must be between 8 and 18 characters."
+msgstr ""
+
diff --git a/solumdashboard/locale/djangojs.pot b/solumdashboard/locale/djangojs.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbbbd64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solumdashboard/locale/djangojs.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Translations template for PROJECT.
+# Copyright (C) 2016 ORGANIZATION
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PROJECT project.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2016.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PROJECT VERSION\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-07-30 07:13+0000\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"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Generated-By: Babel 2.3.4\n"
+
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fbd89ff..8b7e3b4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ commands = python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args="--concurrency 1 {posarg
 [testenv:cover]
 commands = python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='--concurrency 1 {posargs}'
 
+[testenv:makemessages]
+commands =
+    pybabel extract -F babel-django.cfg -o solumdashboard/locale/django.pot -k gettext_noop -k gettext_lazy -k ngettext_lazy:1,2 -k ugettext_noop -k ugettext_lazy -k ungettext_lazy:1,2 -k npgettext:1c,2,3 -k pgettext_lazy:1c,2 -k npgettext_lazy:1c,2,3 solumdashboard
+    pybabel extract -F babel-djangojs.cfg -o solumdashboard/locale/djangojs.pot -k gettext_noop -k gettext_lazy -k ngettext_lazy:1,2 -k ugettext_noop -k ugettext_lazy -k ungettext_lazy:1,2 -k npgettext:1c,2,3 -k pgettext_lazy:1c,2 -k npgettext_lazy:1c,2,3 solumdashboard
+
 [testenv:pep8]
 commands = flake8