diff --git a/guix/self.scm b/guix/self.scm
index 2a10d1d25f..12bc816fa8 100644
--- a/guix/self.scm
+++ b/guix/self.scm
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ Info manual."
                  ;; us to avoid an extra dependency on guile-gdbm-ffi.
                  #:extra-files
                  `(("guix/man-db.scm" ,(local-file "../guix/man-db.scm"))
+                   ("guix/build/po.scm" ,(local-file "../guix/build/po.scm"))
                    ("guix/store/schema.sql"
                     ,(local-file "../guix/store/schema.sql")))