diff --git a/lam/po/make_po_de b/lam/po/make_po_de
index 51a7393a..3d78ae9e 100755
--- a/lam/po/make_po_de
+++ b/lam/po/make_po_de
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 
 # This script is run after make_po to merge the existing German translations to messages.po
 
+./make_po
 msgmerge -v ../locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po messages.po -o messages.po
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lam/po/make_po_fr b/lam/po/make_po_fr
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..77cfbf6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lam/po/make_po_fr
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# $Id$
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2003  Roland Gruber
+# This code is part of LDAP Account Manager (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/lam)
+
+# This script is run after make_po to merge the existing German translations to messages.po
+
+./make_po
+msgmerge -v ../locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po messages.po -o messages.po
diff --git a/lam/po/make_po_hu b/lam/po/make_po_hu
index 69d82bfe..ae710928 100755
--- a/lam/po/make_po_hu
+++ b/lam/po/make_po_hu
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 
 # This script is run after make_po to merge the existing Hungarian translations to messages.po
 
+./make_po
 msgmerge -v ../locale/hu_HU/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po messages.po -o messages.po
diff --git a/lam/po/make_po_jp b/lam/po/make_po_jp
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bf60018f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lam/po/make_po_jp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# $Id$
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2004  Roland Gruber
+# This code is part of LDAP Account Manager (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/lam)
+
+# This script is run after make_po to merge the existing Japanese translations to messages.po
+
+./make_po
+msgmerge -v ../locale/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po messages.po -o messages.po