diff --git a/static/generate_i18n_resources_list.py b/static/generate_i18n_resources_list.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ae9fa5e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/generate_i18n_resources_list.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Matthieu Gautier <mgautier@kymeria.fr>
+#
+# This file is part of libkiwix.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+script_path = Path(__file__)
+
+resource_file = script_path.parent / "i18n_resources_list.txt"
+translation_dir = script_path.parent / "i18n"
+
+json_files = translation_dir.glob("*.json")
+with open(resource_file, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    for json in sorted(translation_dir.glob("*.json")):
+        if json.name == "qqq.json":
+            continue
+        f.write(str(json.relative_to(script_path.parent)) + '\n')
diff --git a/static/i18n_resources_list.txt b/static/i18n_resources_list.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..644fb1e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/i18n_resources_list.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+i18n/bn.json
+i18n/en.json
+i18n/fr.json
+i18n/he.json
+i18n/hy.json
+i18n/it.json
+i18n/ja.json
+i18n/ko.json
+i18n/mk.json
+i18n/ru.json
+i18n/sc.json
+i18n/sk.json
+i18n/sv.json
+i18n/tr.json
+i18n/zh-hant.json
diff --git a/static/meson.build b/static/meson.build
index 151dc4e73..fb7ad0483 100644
--- a/static/meson.build
+++ b/static/meson.build
@@ -24,24 +24,17 @@ lib_resources = custom_target('resources',
     depends: preprocessed_resources
 )
 
-i18n_resource_listing_script = '''import glob
-import os
-import sys
-qqq = sys.argv[1]
-d = os.path.dirname(qqq)
-r = glob.glob(d + "/*.json")
-r.remove(qqq)
-for f in r: print(f)
-'''
-
-i18n_resource_listing_cmd = [
-                                find_program('python3'),
-                                '-c',
-                                i18n_resource_listing_script,
-                                files('i18n/qqq.json')
-                            ]
-
-i18n_resource_files = run_command(i18n_resource_listing_cmd).stdout().strip().split('\n')
+# This could be replaced with
+# ```
+# fs = import('fs')
+# i18n_resource_files = fs.read('i18n_resources_list.txt').strip().split('\n')
+# ```
+# once we move to meson >= 0.57.0
+i18n_resource_files = run_command(find_program('python3'),
+                                    '-c',
+                                    'import sys; f=open(sys.argv[1]); print(f.read())',
+                                    files('i18n_resources_list.txt')
+                                 ).stdout().strip().split('\n')
 
 i18n_resources = custom_target('i18n_resources',
     input: i18n_resource_files,