diff --git a/contrib/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/kml_export.po b/contrib/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/kml_export.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a1bf23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/kml_export.po
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: Lua gettextTest\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-01-22 15:33+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2016-01-22 23:28+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Tobias Jakobs <tobias.jakobs@gmail.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: \n"
+"Language: de\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"X-Generator: Poedit 1.8.4\n"
+"X-Poedit-Basepath: .\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2;t" plural=(n != 1);\n"
+"X-Poedit-KeywordsList: gettext;dgettext:2;dcgettext:2;ngettext:1,2;dngettext:2,3\n"
+"X-Poedit-SearchPath-0: .\n"
+
+msgid "KML/KMZ Export"
+msgstr "KML/KMZ Expor
+
+msgid "Export Image %i/%i"
+msgstr "Exportiere Bild %i/%i"
+
+msgid "KML export: Open KML/KMZ file after export"
+msgstr "KML export: KML/KMZ-Datei nach dem exportieren öffnen"
+
+msgid "Opens the KML file after the export with the standard programm for KML files"
+msgstr "Öffnet die KML-Datei mit dem Standardprogram für KML-Dateien"
+
+msgid "KML export: Export directory"
+msgstr "KML export: Export-Verzeichnis"
+
+msgid "A directory that will be used to export the KML/KMZ files"
+msgstr "Verzeichnis in das die KML/KMZ-Dateien exportiert werden"
+
+msgid "KML export: Connect images with path"
+msgstr "KML export: Bilder mit einer Linie verbinden"
+
+msgid "connect all images with a path"
+msgstr "Verbinde alle Bilder mit einer Linie"
+
+msgid "KML export: Create KMZ file"
+msgstr "KML export: KMZ-Datei erstellen"
+
+msgid "Compress all imeges to one KMZ file"
+msgstr "Alle Bilder in einer KMZ-Datei komprimieren"
diff --git a/contrib/kml_export.lua b/contrib/kml_export.lua
index ff5ab53..baca991 100644
--- a/contrib/kml_export.lua
+++ b/contrib/kml_export.lua
@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ USAGE
 ]]
    
 local dt = require "darktable"
+local gettext = dt.gettext
 dt.configuration.check_version(...,{3,0,0})
+	
+-- Tell gettext where to find the .mo file translating messages for a particular domain
+gettext.bindtextdomain("kml_export",dt.configuration.config_dir.."/lua/")
+
+local function _(msgid)
+    return gettext.dgettext("kml_export", msgid)
+end
 
 local function spairs(_table, order) -- Code copied from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15706270/sort-a-table-in-lua
     -- collect the keys
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ local function spairs(_table, order) -- Code copied from http://stackoverflow.co
 end
 
 local function show_status(storage, image, format, filename, number, total, high_quality, extra_data)
-    dt.print("Export Image "..tostring(number).."/"..tostring(total))
+    dt.print(string.format(_("Export Image %i/%i"), number, total))
 end
 
 local function checkIfBinExists(bin)
@@ -258,15 +266,35 @@ local function create_kml_file(storage, image_table, extra_data)
 end
 
 -- Preferences
-dt.preferences.register("kml_export", "OpenKmlFile", "bool", "KML export: Open KML/KMZ file after export", "Opens the KML file after the export with the standard programm for KML files", false )
+dt.preferences.register("kml_export",
+	"OpenKmlFile",
+	"bool",
+	_("KML export: Open KML/KMZ file after export"),
+	_("Opens the KML file after the export with the standard programm for KML files"),
+	false )
 
 local handle = io.popen("xdg-user-dir DESKTOP")
 local result = handle:read()
 handle:close()
-dt.preferences.register("kml_export", "ExportDirectory", "directory", "KML export: Export directory", "A directory that will be used to export the KML/KMZ files", result )
+dt.preferences.register("kml_export",
+	"ExportDirectory",
+	"directory",
+	_("KML export: Export directory"),
+	_("A directory that will be used to export the KML/KMZ files"),
+	result )
 
-dt.preferences.register("kml_export", "CreatePath", "bool", "KML export: Connect images with path", "connect all images with a path", false )
-dt.preferences.register("kml_export", "CreateKMZ", "bool", "KML export: Create KMZ file", "Compress all imeges to one KMZ file", true )
+dt.preferences.register("kml_export",
+	"CreatePath",
+	"bool",
+	_("KML export: Connect images with path"),
+	_("connect all images with a path"),
+	false )
+dt.preferences.register("kml_export",
+	"CreateKMZ",
+	"bool",
+	_("KML export: Create KMZ file"),
+	_("Compress all imeges to one KMZ file"),
+	true )	
 
 -- Register
-dt.register_storage("kml_export", "KML/KMZ Export", nil, create_kml_file)
+dt.register_storage("kml_export", _("KML/KMZ Export"), nil, create_kml_file)