diff --git a/contrib/centos.spec b/contrib/centos.spec
index ae8963027..7395370cf 100644
--- a/contrib/centos.spec
+++ b/contrib/centos.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Matroska video utilities.
 %{_datadir}/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
+%{_datadir}/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
diff --git a/contrib/fedora-core.spec b/contrib/fedora-core.spec
index 8699ff659..f9519c5b8 100644
--- a/contrib/fedora-core.spec
+++ b/contrib/fedora-core.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Matroska video utilities.
 %{_datadir}/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
+%{_datadir}/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
diff --git a/contrib/opensuse-10.spec b/contrib/opensuse-10.spec
index 92942612d..4bf8293af 100644
--- a/contrib/opensuse-10.spec
+++ b/contrib/opensuse-10.spec
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
+%{_datadir}/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
diff --git a/contrib/opensuse-11.4.spec b/contrib/opensuse-11.4.spec
index eaac350dc..6407abaf8 100644
--- a/contrib/opensuse-11.4.spec
+++ b/contrib/opensuse-11.4.spec
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
+%{_datadir}/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
 %{_datadir}/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo
diff --git a/debian-upstream/mkvtoolnix.install b/debian-upstream/mkvtoolnix.install
index 38da82e4f..07ca66244 100644
--- a/debian-upstream/mkvtoolnix.install
+++ b/debian-upstream/mkvtoolnix.install
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ debian/tmp/bin/mkvpropedit	/usr/bin
 debian/tmp/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES
 debian/tmp/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES
 debian/tmp/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES
+debian/tmp/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo /usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES
 debian/tmp/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES
 debian/tmp/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES
 debian/tmp/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/mkvtoolnix.mo /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES
diff --git a/installer/mkvtoolnix-unicode.nsi b/installer/mkvtoolnix-unicode.nsi
index 19127af65..e3cadf860 100644
--- a/installer/mkvtoolnix-unicode.nsi
+++ b/installer/mkvtoolnix-unicode.nsi
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ Section "Program files" SEC01
   File "/oname=mkvtoolnix.mo" "po\es.mo"
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\locale\fr\LC_MESSAGES"
   File "/oname=mkvtoolnix.mo" "po\fr.mo"
+  SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\locale\it\LC_MESSAGES"
+  File "/oname=mkvtoolnix.mo" "po\it.mo"
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\locale\ja\LC_MESSAGES"
   File "/oname=mkvtoolnix.mo" "po\ja.mo"
   SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\locale\nl\LC_MESSAGES"
@@ -451,6 +453,10 @@ Section Uninstall
   RMDir "$INSTDIR\locale\fr\LC_MESSAGES"
   RMDir "$INSTDIR\locale\fr"
 
+  Delete "$INSTDIR\locale\it\LC_MESSAGES\mkvtoolnix.mo"
+  RMDir "$INSTDIR\locale\it\LC_MESSAGES"
+  RMDir "$INSTDIR\locale\it"
+
   Delete "$INSTDIR\locale\ja\LC_MESSAGES\mkvtoolnix.mo"
   RMDir "$INSTDIR\locale\ja\LC_MESSAGES"
   RMDir "$INSTDIR\locale\ja"
diff --git a/src/common/translation.cpp b/src/common/translation.cpp
index ecd704a5a..b7576eecd 100644
--- a/src/common/translation.cpp
+++ b/src/common/translation.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ translation_c::initialize_available_translations() {
   ms_available_translations.push_back(translation_c("de_DE", "de",    "german",    "German",              "Deutsch",     false));
   ms_available_translations.push_back(translation_c("es_ES", "es",    "spanish",   "Spanish",             "Español",     false));
   ms_available_translations.push_back(translation_c("fr_FR", "fr",    "french",    "French",              "Français",    false));
+  ms_available_translations.push_back(translation_c("it_IT", "it",    "italian",   "Italian",             "Italiano",    false));
   ms_available_translations.push_back(translation_c("ja_JP", "ja",    "japanese",  "Japanese",            "日本語",      true));
   ms_available_translations.push_back(translation_c("nl_NL", "nl",    "dutch",     "Dutch",               "Nederlands",  false));
   ms_available_translations.push_back(translation_c("ru_RU", "ru",    "russian",   "Russian",             "Русский",     false));