diff --git a/po/gettext.sh b/po/gettext.sh
index fa0de74..30cf694 100755
--- a/po/gettext.sh
+++ b/po/gettext.sh
@@ -63,13 +63,23 @@ _gettext_mo()
 	package="$1"
 	lang="$2"
 
+	_gettext_po "$package" "$lang"				|| return 1
+	$DEBUG $MSGFMT -c -v -o "$lang.mo" "$lang.po"		|| return 1
+}
+
+
+#gettext_po
+_gettext_po()
+{
+	package="$1"
+	lang="$2"
+
 	if [ -f "$lang.po" ]; then
 		$DEBUG $MSGMERGE -U "$lang.po" "$package.pot"	|| return 1
 	else
 		$DEBUG $MSGINIT -l "$lang" -o "$lang.po" -i "$package.pot" \
 								|| return 1
 	fi
-	$DEBUG $MSGFMT -c -v -o "$lang.mo" "$lang.po"		|| return 1
 }
 
 
@@ -115,6 +125,7 @@ LOCALEDIR="$PREFIX/share/locale"
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 	target="$1"
 	lang="${target%%.mo}"
+	lang="${lang%%.po}"
 	shift
 
 	#uninstall
@@ -129,6 +140,9 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 		*.mo)
 			_gettext_mo "$PACKAGE" "$lang"		|| exit 2
 			;;
+		*.po)
+			_gettext_po "$PACKAGE" "$lang"		|| exit 2
+			;;
 		*.pot)
 			_gettext_pot "${target%%.pot}"		|| exit 2
 			;;