diff --git a/.github/workflows/weblate-update-pot.yml b/.github/workflows/weblate-update-pot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d4db70d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/weblate-update-pot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+name: Weblate Update POT
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # run every working day (Monday-Friday) at 1:42AM UTC
+    - cron: "42 1 * * 0-4"
+
+  # allow running manually
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update-pot:
+    # do not run in forks
+    if: github.repository == 'openSUSE/agama'
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    container:
+      image: registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/tumbleweed:latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Configure and refresh repositories
+        # disable unused repositories to have a faster refresh
+        run: zypper modifyrepo -d repo-non-oss repo-openh264 repo-update && zypper ref
+
+      - name: Install tools
+        run: zypper --non-interactive install --no-recommends diffutils git gettext-tools
+
+      - name: Checkout Agama sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: agama
+
+      - name: Generate POT file
+        # TODO: use a shared script for this
+        run: |
+          cd agama/web
+          xgettext --default-domain=agama --output=- --language=C --keyword= \
+            --keyword=_:1,1t --keyword=_:1c,2,2t --keyword=C_:1c,2 \
+            --keyword=N_ --keyword=NC_:1c,2 --foreign-user \
+            --copyright-holder="SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Nuernberg" \
+            --from-code=UTF-8 --add-comments=TRANSLATORS --sort-by-file \
+            $(find . ! -name cockpit.js -name '*.js' -o ! -name '*.test.jsx' -name '*.jsx') | \
+            sed '/^#/ s/, c-format//' > agama.pot
+            msgfmt --statistics agama.pot
+
+      - name: Validate the generated POT file
+        run:  msgfmt --check-format agama/web/agama.pot
+
+      - name: Checkout Weblate sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: agama-weblate
+          repository: openSUSE/agama-weblate
+          token:  ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "YaST Bot"
+          git config --global user.email "yast-devel@opensuse.org"
+
+      - name: Update POT file
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p agama-weblate/web
+          cp agama/web/agama.pot agama-weblate/web/agama.pot
+
+      # any change besides the timestamp in the POT file?
+      - name: Check changes
+        id: check_changes
+        run: |
+          git -C agama-weblate diff --ignore-matching-lines="POT-Creation-Date:" web/agama.pot > pot.diff
+
+          if [ -s pot.diff ]; then
+            echo "POT file updated"
+            echo "pot_updated=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "POT file unchanged"
+            echo "pot_updated=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Push updated POT file
+        # run only when the POT file has been updated
+        if: steps.check_changes.outputs.pot_updated == 'true'
+        run: |
+          cd agama-weblate
+          git add web/agama.pot
+          git commit -m "Update POT file"$'\n\n'"Agama commit: $GITHUB_SHA"
+          git push
diff --git a/web/cspell.json b/web/cspell.json
index 51faca87f9..940b7fae66 100644
--- a/web/cspell.json
+++ b/web/cspell.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         "filename",
         "fullname",
         "freedesktop",
+        "gettext",
         "ibft",
         "ifaces",
         "ipaddr",
diff --git a/web/src/components/core/FileViewer.jsx b/web/src/components/core/FileViewer.jsx
index 09eb9474f1..f23aab4f00 100644
--- a/web/src/components/core/FileViewer.jsx
+++ b/web/src/components/core/FileViewer.jsx
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import { Loading } from "~/components/layout";
 
 import cockpit from "../../lib/cockpit";
 
+// FIXME: replace by a wrapper, this is just for testing
+const _ = cockpit.gettext;
+
 export default function FileViewer({ file, title, onCloseCallback }) {
   // the popup is visible
   const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(true);
@@ -61,13 +64,13 @@ export default function FileViewer({ file, title, onCloseCallback }) {
       title={title || file}
       className="large"
     >
-      {state === "loading" && <Loading text="Reading file..." />}
+      {state === "loading" && <Loading text={_("Reading file...")} />}
       {(content === null || error) &&
         <Alert
           isInline
           isPlain
           variant="warning"
-          title="Cannot read the file"
+          title={_("Cannot read the file")}
         >
           {error}
         </Alert>}
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ export default function FileViewer({ file, title, onCloseCallback }) {
       </div>
 
       <Popup.Actions>
-        <Popup.Confirm onClick={close} autoFocus>Close</Popup.Confirm>
+        <Popup.Confirm onClick={close} autoFocus>{_("Close")}</Popup.Confirm>
       </Popup.Actions>
     </Popup>
   );
diff --git a/web/src/components/core/FileViewer.test.jsx b/web/src/components/core/FileViewer.test.jsx
index f64110b886..49955e8182 100644
--- a/web/src/components/core/FileViewer.test.jsx
+++ b/web/src/components/core/FileViewer.test.jsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import React from "react";
 
 import { screen, waitFor, within } from "@testing-library/react";
-import { plainRender } from "~/test-utils";
+import { mockGettext, plainRender } from "~/test-utils";
 import { FileViewer } from "~/components/core";
 import cockpit from "../../lib/cockpit";
 
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ const file_name = "/testfile";
 const content = "Read file content";
 const title = "YaST Logs";
 
+mockGettext();
+
 describe("FileViewer", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     readFn.mockResolvedValue(content);
diff --git a/web/src/test-utils.js b/web/src/test-utils.js
index 436efee575..51fc16ff0d 100644
--- a/web/src/test-utils.js
+++ b/web/src/test-utils.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { createClient } from "~/client/index";
 import { InstallerClientProvider } from "~/context/installer";
 import { NotificationProvider } from "~/context/notification";
+import cockpit from "./lib/cockpit";
 
 /**
  * Internal mock for manipulating routes, using ["/"] by default
@@ -165,11 +166,25 @@ const withNotificationProvider = (content) => {
   );
 };
 
+/**
+ * Mocks the cockpit.gettext() method with an identity function (returns
+ * the original untranslated text)
+ */
+const mockGettext = () => {
+  const gettextFn = jest.fn();
+  gettextFn.mockImplementation((text) => {
+    return text;
+  });
+
+  cockpit.gettext.mockImplementation(gettextFn);
+};
+
 export {
   plainRender,
   installerRender,
   createCallbackMock,
   mockComponent,
+  mockGettext,
   mockLayout,
   mockNavigateFn,
   mockRoutes,