diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 11f3fa10..22cf6ef2 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ isMaximal: {
       svelte.enable = false;
       tera.enable = false;
       twig.enable = false;
+      gettext.enable = false;
       fluent.enable = false;
 
       # Nim LSP is broken on Darwin and therefore
diff --git a/docs/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.md b/docs/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.md
index b0a424fc..0e7718a6 100644
--- a/docs/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.md
+++ b/docs/manual/release-notes/rl-0.9.md
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@
 - Add `languages.fluent` using the official plugin. This only provides
   highlighting.
 
+- Add `languages.gettext`. This only provides highlighting.
+
 - Add `languages.openscad` using
   [`openscad-lsp`](https://github.com/Leathong/openscad-LSP). This currently
   relies on neovim builtin syntax for highlighting, and the lsp for formatting
diff --git a/modules/plugins/languages/default.nix b/modules/plugins/languages/default.nix
index c47e39ab..88061e99 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/languages/default.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/languages/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ in {
     ./just.nix
     ./make.nix
     ./xml.nix
+    ./gettext.nix
     ./fluent.nix
     ./openscad.nix
 
diff --git a/modules/plugins/languages/gettext.nix b/modules/plugins/languages/gettext.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5394fd2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/plugins/languages/gettext.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf mkMerge;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.types) mkGrammarOption;
+  inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption literalExpression;
+
+  cfg = config.vim.languages.gettext;
+  # TODO: package `msgfmt --check` into nvim-lint
+  # TODO: package `msgcat` into conform.nvim
+in {
+  options.vim.languages.gettext = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "gettext portable object language support";
+
+    treesitter = {
+      enable =
+        mkEnableOption "gettext portable object language treesitter"
+        // {
+          default = config.vim.languages.enableTreesitter;
+          defaultText = literalExpression "config.vim.languages.enableTreesitter";
+        };
+      package = mkGrammarOption pkgs "po";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable (mkMerge [
+    (mkIf cfg.treesitter.enable {
+      vim.treesitter.enable = true;
+      vim.treesitter.grammars = [cfg.treesitter.package];
+    })
+  ]);
+}