diff --git a/bin/icingacli b/bin/icingacli
index 19d786af7..1922c9706 100755
--- a/bin/icingacli
+++ b/bin/icingacli
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 /* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
 
diff --git a/icingaweb2.spec b/icingaweb2.spec
index e3513e979..3ea135589 100644
--- a/icingaweb2.spec
+++ b/icingaweb2.spec
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Icinga Web 2 vendor library Parsedown
 
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}/{%{basedir}/{modules,library/vendor,public},%{bindir},%{configdir}/modules/setup,%{logdir},%{phpdir},%{wwwconfigdir},%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d,%{docsdir}}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/{%{basedir}/{modules,library/vendor,public},%{bindir},%{configdir}/modules,%{logdir},%{phpdir},%{wwwconfigdir},%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d,%{docsdir}}
 cp -prv application doc %{buildroot}/%{basedir}
 cp -pv etc/bash_completion.d/icingacli %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d/icingacli
 cp -prv modules/{monitoring,setup,doc,translation} %{buildroot}/%{basedir}/modules
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ cp -pv packages/files/apache/icingaweb2.conf %{buildroot}/%{wwwconfigdir}/icinga
 cp -pv packages/files/bin/icingacli %{buildroot}/%{bindir}
 cp -pv packages/files/public/index.php %{buildroot}/%{basedir}/public
 cp -prv etc/schema %{buildroot}/%{docsdir}
-cp -prv packages/files/config/modules/setup %{buildroot}/%{configdir}/modules/
+cp -prv packages/files/config/modules/{setup,translation} %{buildroot}/%{configdir}/modules
 
 %pre
 getent group icingacmd >/dev/null || groupadd -r icingacmd
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %attr(2775,root,%{icingawebgroup}) %dir %{logdir}
 %attr(2770,root,%{icingawebgroup}) %config(noreplace) %dir %{configdir}/modules/setup
 %attr(0660,root,%{icingawebgroup}) %config(noreplace) %{configdir}/modules/setup/config.ini
+%attr(2770,root,%{icingawebgroup}) %config(noreplace) %dir %{configdir}/modules/translation
+%attr(0660,root,%{icingawebgroup}) %config(noreplace) %{configdir}/modules/translation/config.ini
 %{docsdir}
 %docdir %{docsdir}
 
diff --git a/modules/translation/application/clicommands/CompileCommand.php b/modules/translation/application/clicommands/CompileCommand.php
index 036769175..e13b8b9f5 100644
--- a/modules/translation/application/clicommands/CompileCommand.php
+++ b/modules/translation/application/clicommands/CompileCommand.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class CompileCommand extends TranslationCommand
     {
         $locale = $this->validateLocaleCode($this->params->shift());
 
-        $helper = new GettextTranslationHelper($this->app, $locale);
+        $helper = $this->getTranslationHelper($locale);
         $helper->compileIcingaTranslation();
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CompileCommand extends TranslationCommand
         $module = $this->validateModuleName($this->params->shift());
         $locale = $this->validateLocaleCode($this->params->shift());
 
-        $helper = new GettextTranslationHelper($this->app, $locale);
+        $helper = $this->getTranslationHelper($locale);
         $helper->compileModuleTranslation($module);
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/translation/application/clicommands/RefreshCommand.php b/modules/translation/application/clicommands/RefreshCommand.php
index 67cbf0296..7320b9651 100644
--- a/modules/translation/application/clicommands/RefreshCommand.php
+++ b/modules/translation/application/clicommands/RefreshCommand.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class RefreshCommand extends TranslationCommand
     {
         $locale = $this->validateLocaleCode($this->params->shift());
 
-        $helper = new GettextTranslationHelper($this->app, $locale);
+        $helper = $this->getTranslationHelper($locale);
         $helper->updateIcingaTranslations();
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class RefreshCommand extends TranslationCommand
         $module = $this->validateModuleName($this->params->shift());
         $locale = $this->validateLocaleCode($this->params->shift());
 
-        $helper = new GettextTranslationHelper($this->app, $locale);
+        $helper = $this->getTranslationHelper($locale);
         $helper->updateModuleTranslations($module);
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/translation/library/Translation/Cli/TranslationCommand.php b/modules/translation/library/Translation/Cli/TranslationCommand.php
index e11d03d29..48f7d6ed2 100644
--- a/modules/translation/library/Translation/Cli/TranslationCommand.php
+++ b/modules/translation/library/Translation/Cli/TranslationCommand.php
@@ -6,12 +6,27 @@ namespace Icinga\Module\Translation\Cli;
 use Exception;
 use Icinga\Cli\Command;
 use Icinga\Exception\IcingaException;
+use Icinga\Module\Translation\Util\GettextTranslationHelper;
 
 /**
  * Base class for translation commands
  */
 class TranslationCommand extends Command
 {
+    /**
+     * Get the gettext translation helper
+     *
+     * @param   string $locale
+     *
+     * @return  GettextTranslationHelper
+     */
+    public function getTranslationHelper($locale)
+    {
+        $helper = new GettextTranslationHelper($this->app, $locale);
+        $helper->setConfig($this->Config());
+        return $helper;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check whether the given locale code is valid
      *
@@ -46,7 +61,7 @@ class TranslationCommand extends Command
     {
         $enabledModules = $this->app->getModuleManager()->listEnabledModules();
 
-        if (!in_array($name, $enabledModules)) {
+        if (! in_array($name, $enabledModules)) {
             throw new IcingaException(
                 'Module with name \'%s\' not found or is not enabled',
                 $name
diff --git a/modules/translation/library/Translation/Util/GettextTranslationHelper.php b/modules/translation/library/Translation/Util/GettextTranslationHelper.php
index cbeaa2d6b..c3a6d206e 100644
--- a/modules/translation/library/Translation/Util/GettextTranslationHelper.php
+++ b/modules/translation/library/Translation/Util/GettextTranslationHelper.php
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 namespace Icinga\Module\Translation\Util;
 
 use Exception;
+use Icinga\Application\ApplicationBootstrap;
+use Icinga\Application\Config;
+use Icinga\Application\Modules\Manager;
 use Icinga\Exception\IcingaException;
 use Icinga\Util\File;
-use Icinga\Application\Modules\Manager;
-use Icinga\Application\ApplicationBootstrap;
 
 /**
  * This class provides some useful utility functions to handle gettext translations
@@ -19,6 +20,13 @@ class GettextTranslationHelper
      */
     const FILE_ENCODING = 'UTF-8';
 
+    /**
+     * Config
+     *
+     * @var Config
+     */
+    protected $config;
+
     /**
      * The source files to parse
      *
@@ -71,6 +79,13 @@ class GettextTranslationHelper
      */
     private $moduleDir;
 
+    /**
+     * Path to the Icinga library
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $libDir;
+
     /**
      * The path to the file catalog
      *
@@ -102,9 +117,33 @@ class GettextTranslationHelper
     {
         $this->moduleMgr = $bootstrap->getModuleManager()->loadEnabledModules();
         $this->appDir = $bootstrap->getApplicationDir();
+        $this->libDir = $bootstrap->getLibraryDir('Icinga');
         $this->locale = $locale;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the config
+     *
+     * @return Config
+     */
+    public function getConfig()
+    {
+        return $this->config;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the config
+     *
+     * @param   Config $config
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     */
+    public function setConfig(Config $config)
+    {
+        $this->config = $config;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Update the translation table for the main application
      */
@@ -211,7 +250,12 @@ class GettextTranslationHelper
     private function updateTranslationTable()
     {
         if (is_file($this->tablePath)) {
-            shell_exec(sprintf('/usr/bin/msgmerge --update %s %s 2>&1', $this->tablePath, $this->templatePath));
+            shell_exec(sprintf(
+                '%s --update %s %s 2>&1',
+                $this->getConfig()->get('translation', 'msgmerge', '/usr/bin/env msgmerge'),
+                $this->tablePath,
+                $this->templatePath
+            ));
         } else {
             if ((!is_dir(dirname($this->tablePath)) && !@mkdir(dirname($this->tablePath), 0755, true)) ||
                 !rename($this->templatePath, $this->tablePath)) {
@@ -233,7 +277,7 @@ class GettextTranslationHelper
             implode(
                 ' ',
                 array(
-                    '/usr/bin/xgettext',
+                    $this->getConfig()->get('translation', 'xgettext', '/usr/bin/env xgettext'),
                     '--language=PHP',
                     '--keyword=translate',
                     '--keyword=translate:1,2c',
@@ -360,7 +404,7 @@ class GettextTranslationHelper
                 $this->getSourceFileNames($this->moduleDir, $catalog);
             } else {
                 $this->getSourceFileNames($this->appDir, $catalog);
-                $this->getSourceFileNames(realpath($this->appDir . '/../library/Icinga'), $catalog);
+                $this->getSourceFileNames($this->libDir, $catalog);
             }
         } catch (Exception $error) {
             throw $error;
@@ -414,7 +458,7 @@ class GettextTranslationHelper
             implode(
                 ' ',
                 array(
-                    '/usr/bin/msgfmt',
+                    $this->getConfig()->get('translation', 'msgfmt', '/usr/bin/env msgfmt'),
                     '-o ' . $targetPath,
                     $this->tablePath
                 )
diff --git a/packages/files/config/modules/translation/config.ini b/packages/files/config/modules/translation/config.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bdf37b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/files/config/modules/translation/config.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[translation]
+msgmerge = /usr/bin/msgmerge
+xgettext = /usr/bin/xgettext
+msgfmt = /usr/bin/msgfmt