diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index d43107323..78acfbe7a 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "devDependencies": {
     "autoprefixer-loader": "^3.1.0",
+    "babel-cli": "^6.5.1",
     "babel-core": "^6.3.17",
     "babel-eslint": "^4.1.6",
+    "babel-gettext-extractor": "git://github.com/Cadasta/babel-gettext-extractor.git",
     "babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
@@ -53,6 +55,18 @@
     "presets": [
       "es2015",
       "react"
+    ],
+    "plugins": [
+      [
+        "babel-gettext-extractor", {
+          "functionNames": {
+            "t": ["msgid"],
+            "tn": ["msgid", "msgid_plural", "count"],
+            "tct": ["msgid"]
+          },
+          "baseDirectory": "."
+        }
+      ]
     ]
   },
   "dependencies": {