diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 45d3a7e960d..aa4f17ab84c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /plugins/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx/ExternalPrograms/Spliter/Makefile
 /plugins/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx/doc/Makefile
 /plugins/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx/doc/gen/Makefile
+/data/locale/*.qm
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1687f1d996a..c8fa4f7ff0a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ FOREACH(_item ${ts_targets})
 	ADD_DEPENDENCIES(update-locales "${_item}")
 ENDFOREACH(_item ${ts_targets})
 
-ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(finalize-locales)
+ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(finalize-locales ALL)
 FOREACH(_item ${qm_targets})
 	ADD_DEPENDENCIES(finalize-locales "${_item}")
 ENDFOREACH(_item ${qm_targets})
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<¸dÊÍ!¿`¡½Ý
\ No newline at end of file
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