You need to have a Qt translation for your new language, otherwise your language won't be loaded at runtime. To add a new language: 1) Inside src/sdk/sdk.pro: add your language into IB_LANGUAGES and QT_LANGUAGES. QT_LANGUAGES contains base name of the Qt translation file. 2) Add Installer Framework translation filename into: src/src.pro 3) Add Installer Framework and Qt messages (.qm) filenames into: src/sdk/installerbase.qrc In order to provide an update to translations, according to changes done in sources, run: lupdate installerfw.pro in a root directory.