diff -Nru pkgbinarymangler-135/debian/changelog pkgbinarymangler-136/debian/changelog
--- pkgbinarymangler-135/debian/changelog	2018-02-27 11:47:26.000000000 +0000
+++ pkgbinarymangler-136/debian/changelog	2018-04-06 17:36:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pkgbinarymangler (136) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * dh_translations: Add support for meson / ninja projects. (LP: #1751820)
+
+ -- Iain Lane <iain@orangesquash.org.uk>  Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:36:55 +0100
+
 pkgbinarymangler (135) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   [ Colin Watson ]
diff -Nru pkgbinarymangler-135/debian/control pkgbinarymangler-136/debian/control
--- pkgbinarymangler-135/debian/control	2018-02-27 11:47:26.000000000 +0000
+++ pkgbinarymangler-136/debian/control	2018-04-06 17:36:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
                perl,
+               libfile-which-perl,
                dh-buildinfo,
                python3,
                fakeroot,
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          debhelper,
-         intltool
+         intltool,
+         jq,
+         libfile-which-perl
 Description: debhelper extension for translation support
  This package provides a debhelper extension to perform common translation
  related operations during package build:
diff -Nru pkgbinarymangler-135/debian/rules pkgbinarymangler-136/debian/rules
--- pkgbinarymangler-135/debian/rules	2018-02-27 11:47:26.000000000 +0000
+++ pkgbinarymangler-136/debian/rules	2018-04-06 17:36:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 VERSION=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n '/^Version:/ { s/^Version: //; p}')
 
+export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
 # do not mangle ourselves, in case the previous version caused FTBFS
 export NO_PKG_MANGLE=1
 
diff -Nru pkgbinarymangler-135/dh_translations pkgbinarymangler-136/dh_translations
--- pkgbinarymangler-135/dh_translations	2018-02-07 11:10:56.000000000 +0000
+++ pkgbinarymangler-136/dh_translations	2018-04-06 17:36:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use strict;
 
 use File::Find;
+use File::Which;
 use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib;
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
 
 =cut
 
-my ($domain, $use_intltool);
+my ($domain, $use_intltool, $meson_builddir);
 
 # figure out intltool usage and domain
 sub check_buildsystem {
@@ -91,7 +92,33 @@
         }
     }
 
-    verbose_print "check_buildsystem: got domain '$domain', using intltool: $use_intltool";
+    if (-e "meson.build" && which 'meson') {
+        my @dirs=();
+        find(
+            sub {
+                return unless $_ eq "build.ninja";
+                push @dirs, $File::Find::dir;
+            },
+            "."
+        );
+
+        if ($#dirs > 1) {
+            warning "more than one build.ninja file found, don't know which one to use";
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $meson_builddir = File::Spec->rel2abs($dirs[0]);
+
+        $domain = qx_cmd ("meson introspect '$meson_builddir' --targets | jq -r -M '.[].name | select(endswith(\"-pot\")) | sub(\"-pot\"; \"\")'");
+
+        chomp $domain;
+    }
+
+    if ($domain) {
+        verbose_print "check_buildsystem: got domain '$domain', using intltool: $use_intltool";
+    } else {
+        warning "could not determine domain";
+    }
 }
 
 # Try to build a POT
@@ -105,6 +132,8 @@
 	} else {
 	    @cmd=('/usr/bin/intltool-update', '-p', '--verbose');
 	}
+    } elsif ($meson_builddir && $domain) {
+	    @cmd=('/usr/bin/ninja', '-C', $meson_builddir, "$domain-pot");
     } else {
         return unless -e 'po/Makefile';
 	if ($domain) {