diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index addd2387..1bfcf995 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ htmldoc:
 
 ### Generate Shaarli's translation compiled file (.mo)
 translate:
-	@find inc/languages/ -name shaarli.po -execdir msgfmt shaarli.po -o shaarli.mo \;
+	@for pofile in $(find inc/languages/ -name shaarli.po); do msgfmt "$pofile" -o "$(dirname "$pofile")/$(basename "$pofile" .po).mo"; done
 
 ### Run ESLint check against Shaarli's JS files
 eslint: