diff --git a/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt b/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ba9a9f3..c32b7359 100644
--- a/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cockatrice/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ SET(cockatrice_HEADERS
  src/pending_command.h 
 )
 
+if (UNIX)
+	set_source_files_properties(src/main.cpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -DTRANSLATION_PATH=\\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/cockatrice/translations\\")
+endif (UNIX)
+if (WIN32)
+	set_source_files_properties(src/main.cpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -DTRANSLATION_PATH=\\"translations\\")
+endif (WIN32)
+
 set(cockatrice_RESOURCES cockatrice.qrc)
 set(cockatrice_TS
         translations/cockatrice_cs.ts
@@ -187,12 +194,11 @@ if (NOT QT_QTMULTIMEDIA_FOUND)
 endif (NOT QT_QTMULTIMEDIA_FOUND)
 FIND_PACKAGE(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 
-#set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-ggdb -O0")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-s -O2")
 
 QT4_WRAP_CPP(cockatrice_HEADERS_MOC ${cockatrice_HEADERS})
-QT4_ADD_TRANSLATION(${cockatrice_QM} ${cockatrice_TS})
+QT4_ADD_TRANSLATION(cockatrice_QM ${cockatrice_TS})
 QT4_ADD_RESOURCES(cockatrice_RESOURCES_RCC ${cockatrice_RESOURCES})
 
 INCLUDE(${QT_USE_FILE})
@@ -211,6 +217,7 @@ if (NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
 	INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/cockatrice.png DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps)
 	INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/cockatrice.svg DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps)
 	INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cockatrice.desktop DESTINATION share/applications)
+	INSTALL(FILES ${cockatrice_QM} DESTINATION share/cockatrice/translations)
 ENDIF(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
 
 add_custom_command(
diff --git a/cockatrice/cockatrice.qrc b/cockatrice/cockatrice.qrc
index 8696065e..a47b45f2 100644
--- a/cockatrice/cockatrice.qrc
+++ b/cockatrice/cockatrice.qrc
@@ -53,20 +53,6 @@
 	<file>resources/genders/female.svg</file>
 	<file>resources/genders/unknown.svg</file>
 
-        <file>translations/cockatrice_de.qm</file>
-        <file>translations/cockatrice_en.qm</file>
-	<file>translations/cockatrice_es.qm</file>
-	<file>translations/cockatrice_it.qm</file>
-	<file>translations/cockatrice_pt.qm</file>
-<!--	<file>translations/cockatrice_pt-br.qm</file>
--->	<file>translations/cockatrice_fr.qm</file>
-	<file>translations/cockatrice_ja.qm</file>
-	<file>translations/cockatrice_ru.qm</file>
-<!--	<file>translations/cockatrice_cs.qm</file>
-	<file>translations/cockatrice_pl.qm</file>
-	<file>translations/cockatrice_sk.qm</file>
--->	<file>translations/cockatrice_sv.qm</file>
-
 	<file>resources/countries/ar.svg</file>
 	<file>resources/countries/at.svg</file>
 	<file>resources/countries/au.svg</file>
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/dlg_settings.cpp b/cockatrice/src/dlg_settings.cpp
index ae45e5e8..ab9b6fe7 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/dlg_settings.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/dlg_settings.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ GeneralSettingsPage::GeneralSettingsPage()
 
 QStringList GeneralSettingsPage::findQmFiles()
 {
-	QDir dir(":/translations");
+	QDir dir(translationPath);
 	QStringList fileNames = dir.entryList(QStringList(translationPrefix + "_*.qm"), QDir::Files, QDir::Name);
 	fileNames.replaceInStrings(QRegExp(translationPrefix + "_(.*)\\.qm"), "\\1");
 	return fileNames;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ QStringList GeneralSettingsPage::findQmFiles()
 QString GeneralSettingsPage::languageName(const QString &qmFile)
 {
 	QTranslator translator;
-	translator.load(":/translations/" + translationPrefix + "_" + qmFile + ".qm");
+	translator.load(translationPrefix + "_" + qmFile + ".qm", translationPath);
 	
 	return translator.translate("GeneralSettingsPage", "English");
 }
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/main.cpp b/cockatrice/src/main.cpp
index 69634b6a..88a37512 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/main.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/main.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ SettingsCache *settingsCache;
 RNG_Abstract *rng;
 SoundEngine *soundEngine;
 
+const QString translationPrefix = "cockatrice";
+#ifdef TRANSLATION_PATH
+const QString translationPath = TRANSLATION_PATH;
+#else
+const QString translationPath = QString();
+#endif
+
 void myMessageOutput(QtMsgType /*type*/, const char *msg)
 {
 	static FILE *f = NULL;
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ void installNewTranslator()
 	if (!settingsCache->getCustomTranslationFile().isEmpty())
 		translator->load(settingsCache->getCustomTranslationFile());
 	else
-		translator->load(translationPrefix + "_" + lang, ":/translations");
+		translator->load(translationPrefix + "_" + lang, translationPath);
 	qApp->installTranslator(translator);
 }
 
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/main.h b/cockatrice/src/main.h
index 8b66b716..a8f8c678 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/main.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/main.h
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ class SoundEngine;
 extern CardDatabase *db;
 
 extern QTranslator *translator;
-const QString translationPrefix = "cockatrice";
+extern const QString translationPrefix;
+extern const QString translationPath;
 
 void installNewTranslator();