diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 646a98d66..7e9c24caa 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ include *.adoc
 recursive-include src *.css *.js *.py *.robot *.txt *.png *.gif *.ico *.cfg *.html
 recursive-include doc *.rst
 recursive-include rtest *.py *.txt
-recursive-include src/robotide/postinstall/RIDE.app
+recursive-include src/robotide/postinstall/RIDE.app *.*
+recursive-include src/robotide/locale *.py *.adoc *.pot *.po *.mo
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8d81797b7..23e9d9d42 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 [sdist]
-force-manifest=1
+force_manifest=1
 
 [bdist_wininst]
 bitmap=robot.bmp
-install-script=ride_postinstall.py
+install_script=ride_postinstall.py
 
 [pycodestyle]
 count = False
-max-line-length = 90
+max_line_length = 90
 statistics = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a934d41ba..0e62aa931 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@
                              'RIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/RIDE', 'RIDE.app/Contents/Resources/*.icns']
 }
 
+my_list = []
+for curr_dir, _, files in os.walk('./src/robotide/locale'):
+    for item in files:
+        if '.' in item:
+             my_list.append(os.path.join(curr_dir, item).replace('\\', '/').replace('./src/robotide/locale/', ''))
+
+PACKAGE_DATA['robotide.locale'] = my_list
+
+print(f"DEBUG: setup.py  {PACKAGE_DATA=}")
+
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = """
 Robot Framework is a generic test automation framework for acceptance
 level testing. RIDE is a lightweight and intuitive editor for Robot
diff --git a/src/robotide/locale/__init__.py b/src/robotide/locale/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..def210be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/robotide/locale/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#  Copyright 2024-     Robot Framework Foundation
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+