diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ec36a25..79773b1d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ build/
 bindings/vapi/gmime-2.6/gmime-2.6.gi
 /valadoc
 /po/untitled.pot
+/help/*/*.page
+!/help/C/*.page
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 81ef5c90..82526c93 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
   * Dependencies
 
     Building Geary requires Vala 0.22.1 or higher with a full GObject
-    introspection repository, intltool, cmake, and desktop-file-validate.
-    Vala's vapigen must be installed as well.
+    introspection repository, intltool, cmake, desktop-file-validate, and
+    xml2po.  Vala's vapigen must be installed as well.
 
     The developer packages and headers for the following libraries are also
     required when building Geary:
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@
     of Fedora by running this command:
 
         $ sudo yum install gobject-introspection-devel intltool cmake \
-            desktop-file-utils libcanberra-devel libgee-devel glib2-devel \
-            gmime-devel gtk3-devel libnotify-devel sqlite-devel unique3-devel \
-            webkitgtk3-devel libsecret-devel libxml2-devel vala-tools
+            desktop-file-utils gnome-doc-utils libcanberra-devel libgee-devel \
+            glib2-devel gmime-devel gtk3-devel libnotify-devel sqlite-devel \
+            unique3-devel webkitgtk3-devel libsecret-devel libxml2-devel \
+            vala-tools
 
 
   * Installing dependencies on Ubuntu
@@ -78,10 +79,11 @@
     command:
 
         $ sudo apt-get install valac-0.20 libgirepository1.0-dev intltool \
-            cmake desktop-file-utils libcanberra-dev libgee-0.8-dev \
-            libglib2.0-dev libgmime-2.6-dev libgtk-3-dev libsecret-1-dev \
-            libxml2-dev libnotify-dev libsqlite3-dev libunique-3.0-dev \
-            libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev libmessaging-menu-dev libunity-dev
+            cmake desktop-file-utils gnome-doc-utils libcanberra-dev \
+            libgee-0.8-dev libglib2.0-dev libgmime-2.6-dev libgtk-3-dev \
+            libsecret-1-dev libxml2-dev libnotify-dev libsqlite3-dev \
+            libunique-3.0-dev libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev libmessaging-menu-dev \
+            libunity-dev
 
     You should check that you are using the right version of valac by running:
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 93336956..d43651fe 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8),
  libunity-dev (>= 5.12.0),
  intltool,
  libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 1.32.0),
- desktop-file-utils
+ desktop-file-utils,
+ gnome-doc-utils
 Standards-Version: 3.8.3
 Homepage: http://www.yorba.org
 
diff --git a/help/CMakeLists.txt b/help/CMakeLists.txt
index bdef3586..f726d417 100644
--- a/help/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/help/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,81 @@
-set(HELP_DEST share/gnome/help/geary/C)
-
 set(HELP_FILES
-    C/accounts.page
-    C/archive.page
-    C/bugs.page
-    C/index.page
-    C/label.page
-    C/limits.page
-    C/overview.page
-    C/preferences.page
-    C/search.page
-    C/shortcuts.page
-    C/star.page
-    C/write.page
+    accounts.page
+    archive.page
+    bugs.page
+    index.page
+    label.page
+    limits.page
+    overview.page
+    preferences.page
+    search.page
+    shortcuts.page
+    star.page
+    write.page
 )
 
-install(FILES ${HELP_FILES} DESTINATION ${HELP_DEST})
-install(FILES C/figures/geary.svg DESTINATION ${HELP_DEST}/figures)
+# FIXME: don't re-specify this here, instead read it from Makefile.am.
+set(TRANSLATED
+    el
+    es
+)
 
+set(HELP_DEST share/gnome/help/geary)
+
+set(HELP_SOURCE)
+foreach(_page ${HELP_FILES})
+    set(HELP_SOURCE ${HELP_SOURCE} C/${_page})
+endforeach()
+
+install(FILES ${HELP_SOURCE} DESTINATION ${HELP_DEST}/C)
+install(FILES C/figures/geary.svg DESTINATION ${HELP_DEST}/C/figures)
+
+
+FIND_PROGRAM(XML2PO_BIN xml2po)
+IF(NOT XML2PO_BIN)
+    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "xml2po not found")
+ENDIF()
+
+# Hacked together from the similar macro in cmake/Gettext.cmake.
+MACRO(HELP_CREATE_TRANSLATIONS _firstLang)
+    SET(_translatedPages)
+    SET(_addToAll)
+    SET(_isComment FALSE)
+
+    FOREACH(_lang ${_firstLang} ${ARGN})
+        IF(_lang STREQUAL "ALL")
+            SET(_addToAll "ALL")
+        ELSEIF(_lang STREQUAL "COMMENT")
+            SET(_isComment TRUE)
+        ELSEIF(_isComment)
+            SET(_isComment FALSE)
+            SET(_comment ${_lang})
+        ELSE()
+            GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_absPo ${_lang}/${_lang}.po ABSOLUTE)
+
+            FOREACH(_page ${HELP_FILES})
+                GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_absSourcePage C/${_page} ABSOLUTE)
+                SET(_destPage ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_lang}/${_page})
+                GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_destPath ${_destPage} PATH)
+
+                #MESSAGE("_absPo=${_absPo} _absSourcePage=${_absSourcePage} _destPage=${_destPage} _lang=${_lang} _page=${_page} curr_bin=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}\n")
+                ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
+                    OUTPUT ${_destPage}
+                    COMMAND mkdir -p ${_destPath} && ${XML2PO_BIN} -m mallard -p ${_absPo} -o ${_destPage} ${_absSourcePage}
+                    DEPENDS ${_absPo} ${_absSourcePage}
+                    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+                    )
+
+                INSTALL(FILES ${_destPage} DESTINATION ${HELP_DEST}/${_lang})
+                SET(_translatedPages ${_translatedPages} ${_destPage})
+            ENDFOREACH()
+        ENDIF()
+    ENDFOREACH()
+
+    IF(DEFINED _comment)
+        ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(help_translations ${_addToAll} DEPENDS ${_translatedPages} COMMENT ${_comment})
+    ELSE()
+        ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(help_translations ${_addToAll} DEPENDS ${_translatedPages})
+    ENDIF()
+ENDMACRO()
+
+HELP_CREATE_TRANSLATIONS(ALL ${TRANSLATED} COMMENT "Translating help docs.")