diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b4bdc3a..adebdd5c 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ if(WIN32)
         PRIVATE
         audio/internal/dsound.cpp
         wxvbam.rc
+        wxvbam_translations.rc
     )
     target_link_libraries(visualboyadvance-m
         dxguid dsound wsock32 ws2_32 imm32 version winmm)
diff --git a/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp b/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp
index b205f891..7eafa65b 100644
--- a/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp
@@ -366,6 +366,11 @@ bool wxvbamApp::OnInit() {
 #endif
     // load system default locale, if available
     locale.Init();
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    wxTranslations::Get()->SetLoader(new wxResourceTranslationsLoader);
+#endif
+
     locale.AddCatalog("wxvbam");
     // make built-in xrc file available
     // this has to be done before parent OnInit() so xrc dump works
diff --git a/src/wx/wxvbam_translations.rc b/src/wx/wxvbam_translations.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..623eb4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wx/wxvbam_translations.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+wxvbam_bg MOFILE "translations/bg/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_br MOFILE "translations/br/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_cs MOFILE "translations/cs/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_de MOFILE "translations/de/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_el MOFILE "translations/el/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_en_US MOFILE "translations/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_es MOFILE "translations/es/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_es_419 MOFILE "translations/es_419/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_es_CO MOFILE "translations/es_CO/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_es_US MOFILE "translations/es_US/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_fr MOFILE "translations/fr/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_fr_FR MOFILE "translations/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_gl MOFILE "translations/gl/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_he_IL MOFILE "translations/he_IL/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_hu MOFILE "translations/hu/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_hu_HU MOFILE "translations/hu_HU/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_id MOFILE "translations/id/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_it_IT MOFILE "translations/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_ja MOFILE "translations/ja/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_ko MOFILE "translations/ko/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_ko_KR MOFILE "translations/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_ms_MY MOFILE "translations/ms_MY/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_nb MOFILE "translations/nb/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_nl MOFILE "translations/nl/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_pl MOFILE "translations/pl/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_pl_PL MOFILE "translations/pl_PL/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_pt_BR MOFILE "translations/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_pt_PT MOFILE "translations/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_ru_RU MOFILE "translations/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_sv MOFILE "translations/sv/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_tr MOFILE "translations/tr/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_uk MOFILE "translations/uk/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_ur_PK MOFILE "translations/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"
+wxvbam_zh_CN MOFILE "translations/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/wxvbam.mo"