diff --git a/release/files_common b/release/files_common
index 0dc0e96226..edb37bc0de 100644
--- a/release/files_common
+++ b/release/files_common
@@ -320,6 +320,12 @@ selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/*.cc
 selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/*.h
 selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/*.cc
 selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/*.h
+selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/*.cc
+selfdrive/ui/qt/setup/*.h
+
+selfdrive/ui/installer/*.cc
+selfdrive/ui/installer/*.h
+selfdrive/ui/installer/*.cc
 
 system/camerad/SConscript
 system/camerad/main.cc
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index 3ce7a0505d..0f28f5ccc3 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import json
 Import('qt_env', 'arch', 'common', 'messaging', 'visionipc',
        'cereal', 'transformations')
 
@@ -67,11 +68,18 @@ if GetOption('test'):
 
 
 # build translation files
-translation_sources = Glob("#selfdrive/ui/translations/*.ts", strings=True)
+with open(File("translations/languages.json").abspath) as f:
+  languages = json.loads(f.read())
+translation_sources = [f"#selfdrive/ui/translations/{l}.ts" for l in languages.values()]
 translation_targets = [src.replace(".ts", ".qm") for src in translation_sources]
-lrelease = 'third_party/qt5/larch64/bin/lrelease' if arch == 'larch64' else 'lrelease'
-qt_env.Command(translation_targets, translation_sources, f"{lrelease} $SOURCES")
-
+lrelease_bin = 'third_party/qt5/larch64/bin/lrelease' if arch == 'larch64' else 'lrelease'
+
+lupdate = qt_env.Command(translation_sources, qt_src, "selfdrive/ui/update_translations.py")
+lrelease = qt_env.Command(translation_targets, translation_sources, f"{lrelease_bin} $SOURCES")
+qt_env.Depends(lrelease, lupdate)
+qt_env.NoClean(translation_sources)
+qt_env.Precious(translation_sources)
+qt_env.NoCache(lupdate)
 
 # setup and factory resetter
 if GetOption('extras'):