diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8a5fe8c9..414ee040 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
+import os
+
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from setuptools.command.install import install
+
 
 NAME = "orange-canvas-core"
 VERSION = "0.2.3.dev0"
@@ -62,6 +66,25 @@
 
 PYTHON_REQUIRES = ">=3.8"
 
+
+class InstallMultilingualCommand(install):
+    def run(self):
+        super().run()
+        self.compile_to_multilingual()
+
+    def compile_to_multilingual(self):
+        try:
+            from trubar import translate
+        except ImportError:
+            return
+
+        package_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        translate(
+            "msgs.jaml",
+            source_dir=os.path.join(self.install_lib, "orangecanvas"),
+            config_file=os.path.join(package_dir, "i18n", "trubar-config.yaml"))
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(
         name=NAME,
@@ -76,6 +99,9 @@
         packages=PACKAGES,
         package_data=PACKAGE_DATA,
         install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIRES,
+        cmdclass={
+            'install': InstallMultilingualCommand,
+        },
         extras_require=EXTRAS_REQUIRE,
         project_urls=PROJECT_URLS,
         python_requires=PYTHON_REQUIRES,