diff --git a/.github/workflows/gettext.yaml b/.github/workflows/gettext.yaml
index ec8e449d7..ae6932fb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gettext.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gettext.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "fsfe-system"
           git config --global user.email "<>"
-          git add po/reuse.pot
+          git add po/reuse.pot po/*.po
           git commit -m "Update reuse.pot"
           git push origin main
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03b5779eb..e7c0e2f46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ create-pot:  ## generate .pot file
 	xgettext --add-comments --from-code=utf-8 --output=po/reuse.pot --files-from=po/POTFILES.in
 	xgettext --add-comments --output=po/argparse.pot /usr/lib*/python3*/argparse.py
 	msgcat --output=po/reuse.pot po/reuse.pot po/argparse.pot
+	for name in po/*.po; do \
+		msgmerge --output=$${name} $${name} po/reuse.pot; \
+	done
 
 .PHONY: update-po-files
 update-po-files: create-pot  ## update .po files