diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bfb1301f5..2d10a2e45 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2008-09-22	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* src/core/main.cpp:
+	* data/locale/CMakeLists.txt:
+	install and load Qt translation files on win32
+
 	* src/core/song.cpp:
 	fixed file-dialog for choosing export filename
 
diff --git a/data/locale/CMakeLists.txt b/data/locale/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d4bba807..e227db795 100644
--- a/data/locale/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/locale/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 FILE(GLOB QM_FILES *.qm)
-INSTALL(FILES ${QM_FILES} DESTINATION ${LMMS_DATA_DIR}/locale)
+IF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
+	FILE(GLOB QT_QM_FILES ${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}/qt*[^h].qm)
+ENDIF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
+INSTALL(FILES ${QM_FILES} ${QT_QM_FILES} DESTINATION ${LMMS_DATA_DIR}/locale)
 
diff --git a/src/core/main.cpp b/src/core/main.cpp
index dde519f0a..7523266d0 100644
--- a/src/core/main.cpp
+++ b/src/core/main.cpp
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ int main( int argc, char * * argv )
 
 
 	QString pos = QLocale::system().name().left( 2 );
+
+#ifdef LMMS_BUILD_WIN32
+#undef QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR
+#define QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR configManager::inst()->localeDir()
+#endif
+
 #ifdef QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR
 	// load translation for Qt-widgets/-dialogs
 	loadTranslation( QString( "qt_" ) + pos,