diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 80780b6..d6c4931 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -218,4 +218,9 @@ fontconfig.def: $(PUBLIC_FILES) $(PUBLIC_FT_FILES)
 	echo VERSION @LIBT_CURRENT@.@LIBT_REVISION@) >$@
 	@ ! $(GREP) -q FcERROR $@ || ($(RM) $@; false)
 
+gettextitsdir = $(datadir)/gettext/its
+gettextits_DATA =	\
+	fontconfig.its	\
+	fontconfig.loc
+
 -include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/src/fontconfig.its b/src/fontconfig.its
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f35922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fontconfig.its
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" version="1.0">
+	<its:translateRule translate="no" selector="/fontconfig/*[not(self::description)]"/>
+</its:rules>
diff --git a/src/fontconfig.loc b/src/fontconfig.loc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bc4f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fontconfig.loc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<locatingRules>
+	<locatingRule name="Fontconfig" pattern="*.conf">
+ 		<documentRule localName="fontconfig" target="fontconfig.its"/>
+	</locatingRule>
+</locatingRules>