diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index bdf4854..4a8bc75 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@ SPHINXOPTS    =
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 PAPER         =
 BUILDDIR      = _build
+LANGUAGE      =
+TRANSDIR      = translations
 
 # Internal variables.
 PAPEROPT_a4     = -D latex_paper_size=a4
 PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
-ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
+ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees -D language=$(LANGUAGE) $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
 # the i18n builder cannot share the environment and doctrees with the others
 I18NSPHINXOPTS  = $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
+POFILES         = $(wildcard $(TRANSDIR)/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.po)
+MOFILES         = $(POFILES:.po=.mo)
 
-.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest gettext
+.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest gettext translations
 
 help:
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
@@ -32,12 +36,14 @@ help:
 	@echo "  text       to make text files"
 	@echo "  man        to make manual pages"
 	@echo "  gettext    to make PO message catalogs"
+	@echo "  translations to compile PO files into MO files"
 	@echo "  changes    to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items"
 	@echo "  linkcheck  to check all external links for integrity"
 	@echo "  doctest    to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
 
 clean:
 	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
+	-rm $(TRANSDIR)/*/*.mo
 
 html:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b djangohtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
@@ -121,6 +127,12 @@ gettext:
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The message catalogs are in $(BUILDDIR)/locale."
 
+translations: $(MOFILES)
+	@echo "Translations compiled into .mo files."
+
+%.mo: %.po
+	@msgfmt -o $@ $<
+
 changes:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/changes
 	@echo
diff --git a/docs/README b/docs/README
index b02499d..210d964 100644
--- a/docs/README
+++ b/docs/README
@@ -14,5 +14,20 @@ To create an HTML version of the docs:
 
 The documentation in _build/html/index.html can then be viewed in a web browser.
 
+Building translated versions
+----------------------------
+
+To build translated versions of the Django documentation, use the following
+make commands and specify your language code in the LANGUAGE variable. For
+example:
+
+    $ make translations
+    $ make html LANGUAGE=fr
+
+This uses available translations in docs/translations. Those .po files are
+obtained through the Transifex django-docs project [3].
+This is currently only supported on Unix-based platforms.
+
 [1] http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
 [2] http://sphinx.pocoo.org/
+[3] https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/django-docs/
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2597916..7972225 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ django_next_version = '1.6'
 # for a list of supported languages.
 #language = None
 
+locale_dirs = ['translations']
+
 # There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
 # non-false value, then it is used:
 #today = ''
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/localizing.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/localizing.txt
index ff957c4..61acd40 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/localizing.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/localizing.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,17 @@ Django source tree, as for any code change:
 * Open a ticket in Django's ticket system, set its ``Component`` field to
   ``Translations``, and attach the patch to it.
 
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+The Django documentation can also be translated on Transifex `Django-docs
+project page`_.
+
+To learn how to build a translated version of the Django documentation in your
+language, see the README file in the docs directory of the Django source tree.
+
 .. _Transifex: https://www.transifex.net/
 .. _Django i18n mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/django-i18n/
 .. _Django project page: https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/django/
+.. _Django-docs project page: https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/django-docs/
 .. _Transifex User Guide: http://help.transifex.net/
