diff --git a/appimagecraft.yml b/appimagecraft.yml
index 872fdba3..f3126a3f 100644
--- a/appimagecraft.yml
+++ b/appimagecraft.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ project:
   name: com.github.xournalpp.xournalpp
   version_command: git describe --tags
 
+scripts:
+  pre_build:
+    - mkdir translations-build
+    - cd translations-build
+    - cmake "${PROJECT_ROOT}"
+    - make translations
+    - cd ..
+
 build:
   cmake: