--- a/tools/qemu-xen/po/Makefile	
+++ a/tools/qemu-xen/po/Makefile	
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ install: $(OBJS)
 	for obj in $(OBJS); do \
 	    base=`basename $$obj .mo`; \
 	    $(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/share/locale/$$base/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	    $(INSTALL) -m644 $$obj $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/share/locale/$$base/LC_MESSAGES/qemu.mo; \
+	    $(INSTALL) -m644 $$obj $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/share/locale/$$base/LC_MESSAGES/xenqemu.mo; \
 	done
 
 %.mo: %.po
--- a/tools/qemu-xen/ui/gtk.c	
+++ a/tools/qemu-xen/ui/gtk.c	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ 
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
  */
 
-#define GETTEXT_PACKAGE "qemu"
+#define GETTEXT_PACKAGE "xenqemu"
 #define LOCALEDIR "po"
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"