diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a9afff91..15f84f95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ release: $(DEV_STAMP)
 build-translations:
 	$(VENV)/bin/pybabel compile -d ihatemoney/translations
 
+update-translations:
+	$(VENV)/bin/pybabel extract --mapping-file ihatemoney/babel.cfg -o ihatemoney/messages.pot ihatemoney
+	$(VENV)/bin/pybabel update -i ihatemoney/messages.pot -d ihatemoney/translations/
+
 create-database-revision:
 	@read -p "Please enter a message describing this revision: " rev_message; \
 	$(PYTHON) -m ihatemoney.manage db migrate -d ihatemoney/migrations -m "$${rev_message}"