diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6cfa41e..6632087 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, kstat_open, SOLLIBS="$SOLLIBS -linet_ntop", SOLLIBS="$SOLLIBS"
 AC_SUBST(SOLLIBS)
 
 dnl Check for i18n support
-BM_I18N([xfce4-netload], [ca de ko lt pl uk])
+BM_I18N([xfce4-netload], [ca de fr ko lt pl uk])
 
 dnl configure the panel plugin
 XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN([XFCE4_PANEL], [4.0.0])
diff --git a/po/fr.po b/po/fr.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cec3c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/fr.po
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# French translation of xfce4-systemload-plugin.
+# Copyright (C) 2005 THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the xfce4-netload-plugin package.
+# Stephane Roy <sroy@j2n.net>, 2005.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: xfce4-netload-plugin 0.2.4\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2004-08-01 11:07+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2005-01-26 15:44+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Stephane Roy <sroy@j2n.net>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:64
+msgid "Xfce4-Netload-Plugin"
+msgstr "Xfce4-Netload-Plugin"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:67
+msgid "Unknown error."
+msgstr "Erreur inconnue."
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:68
+msgid "Linux proc device '/proc/net/dev' not found."
+msgstr "Fichier '/proc/net/dev' non trouvé."
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:69
+msgid "Interface was not found."
+msgstr "Interface non trouvée."
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:225
+#, c-format
+msgid ""
+"Average of last %d measures:\n"
+"Incoming: %s kByte/s\n"
+"Outgoing: %s kByte/s\n"
+"Total: %s kByte/s"
+msgstr ""
+"Moyenne des %d dernières mesures :\n"
+"Entrant : %s kOctet/s\n"
+"Sortant : %s kOctet/s\n"
+"Total : %s kOctet/s"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:526
+#, c-format
+msgid ""
+"%s: Error in initalizing:\n"
+"%s"
+msgstr ""
+"%s : Erreur durant l'initialisation :\n"
+"%s"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:871
+msgid "Select color"
+msgstr "Sélectionner une couleur"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:926
+msgid "Bar color (incoming):"
+msgstr "Couleur de la barre (entrant) :"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:927
+msgid "Bar color (outgoing):"
+msgstr "Couleur de la barre (sortant) :"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:930
+msgid "Maximum (incoming):"
+msgstr "Maximum (entrant) :"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:931
+msgid "Maximum (outgoing):"
+msgstr "Maximum (sortant) :"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:955
+msgid "Text to display:"
+msgstr "Texte à afficher :"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:986
+msgid "Network device:"
+msgstr "Périphérique réseau :"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:1012
+msgid "Update interval:"
+msgstr "Intervalle de mise à jour :"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:1023
+msgid "s"
+msgstr "s"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:1036
+msgid "Automatic maximum"
+msgstr "Maximum automatique"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:1068
+msgid "kByte/s"
+msgstr "kOctet/s"
+
+#: panel-plugin/netload.c:1156
+msgid "Netload"
+msgstr "Moniteur réseau"
+