diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index 13832d37..3fb9adee 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ alias supybot-config-reload="killall -HUP supybot "
 alias supybot-owner-quit="killall -INT supybot "
 # Translating plugins in Limnoria
 alias supybot-generate-messages.pot="pygettext −−docstrings config.py plugin.py"
+alias supybot-generate-messages.pot-xgettext="% xgettext --language=Python config.py plugin.py && cat messages.po > messages.pot && rm messages.po"
 
 # bash specific.
 # I think that "theme" is more describing than "prompt".
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 6a717027..19013096 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ alias supybot-config-reload="killall -HUP supybot "
 alias supybot-owner-quit="killall -INT supybot "
 # Translating plugins in Limnoria
 alias supybot-generate-messages.pot="pygettext −−docstrings config.py plugin.py"
+alias supybot-generate-messages.pot-xgettext="% xgettext --language=Python config.py plugin.py && cat messages.po > messages.pot && rm messages.po"
 
 # ZSH specific.
 # I think that "theme" is more describing than "prompt".