diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
index 7509c7d8d6..f3befd53de 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/common_translation_update.sh
@@ -116,3 +116,52 @@ EOF
 
     fi
 }
+
+# Setup global variables LEVELS and LKEYWORDS
+function setup_loglevel_vars ()
+{
+    # Strings for various log levels
+    LEVELS="info warning error critical"
+    # Keywords for each log level:
+    declare -g -A LKEYWORD
+    LKEYWORD['info']='_LI'
+    LKEYWORD['warning']='_LW'
+    LKEYWORD['error']='_LE'
+    LKEYWORD['critical']='_LC'
+}
+
+# Setup transifex configuration for log level message translation.
+# Needs variables setup via setup_loglevel_vars.
+function setup_loglevel_project ()
+{
+    project=$1
+
+    for level in $LEVELS ; do
+        # Bootstrapping: Create file if it does not exist yet,
+        # otherwise "tx set" will fail.
+        if [ ! -e  ${project}/locale/${project}-log-${level}.pot ]
+        then
+            touch ${project}/locale/${project}-log-${level}.pot
+        fi
+        tx set --auto-local -r ${project}.${project}-log-${level}-translations \
+            "${project}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/${project}-log-${level}.po" \
+            --source-lang en \
+            --source-file ${project}/locale/${project}-log-${level}.pot -t PO \
+            --execute
+    done
+}
+
+# Run extract_messages for user visible messages and log messages.
+# Needs variables setup via setup_loglevel_vars.
+function extract_messages_log ()
+{
+    project=$1
+
+    # Update the .pot files
+    python setup.py extract_messages
+    for level in $LEVELS ; do
+        python setup.py extract_messages --no-default-keywords \
+            --keyword ${LKEYWORD[$level]} \
+            --output-file ${project}/locale/${project}-log-${level}.pot
+    done
+}
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
index a739cea75c..e0b51374ef 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
@@ -23,18 +23,37 @@ setup_review "$ORG" "$PROJECT"
 setup_translation
 setup_project "$PROJECT"
 
+setup_loglevel_vars
+setup_loglevel_project "$PROJECT"
+
 # Pull upstream translations of files that are at least 75 %
 # translated
 tx pull -a -f --minimum-perc=75
 
-# Update the .pot file
-python setup.py extract_messages
-PO_FILES=`find ${PROJECT}/locale -name '*.po'`
+extract_messages_log "$PROJECT"
+
+PO_FILES=`find ${PROJECT}/locale -name "${PROJECT}.po"`
 if [ -n "$PO_FILES" ]
 then
     # Use updated .pot file to update translations
     python setup.py update_catalog --no-fuzzy-matching  --ignore-obsolete=true
 fi
+# We cannot run update_catlog for the log files, since there is no
+# option to specify the keyword and thus an update_catalog run would
+# add the messages with the default keywords. Therefore use msgmerge
+# directly.
+for level in $LEVELS ; do
+  PO_FILES=`find ${PROJECT}/locale -name "${PROJECT}-log-${level}.po"`
+  if [ -n "$PO_FILES" ]
+  then
+    for f in $PO_FILES ; do
+        echo "Updating $f"
+        msgmerge --update --no-fuzzy-matching $f \
+            ${PROJECT}/locale/${PROJECT}-log-${level}.pot
+    done
+  fi
+done
+
 # Add all changed files to git
 git add $PROJECT/locale/*
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
index 55f99b43aa..3b3c06ce27 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ setup_git
 setup_translation
 setup_project "$PROJECT"
 
-# Update the .pot file
-python setup.py extract_messages
+setup_loglevel_vars
+setup_loglevel_project "$PROJECT"
+
+extract_messages_log "$PROJECT"
 
 # Add all changed files to git
 git add $PROJECT/locale/*
@@ -34,5 +36,14 @@ git add $PROJECT/locale/*
 if [ ! `git diff-index --quiet HEAD --` ]
 then
     # Push .pot changes to transifex
-    tx --debug --traceback push -s
+    tx --debug --traceback push -s -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-translations
+    for level in $LEVELS ; do
+        # Only push if there is actual content in the file. We check
+        # that the file contains at least one non-empty msgid string.
+        if grep -q 'msgid "[^"]' ${PROJECT}/locale/${PROJECT}-log-${level}.pot
+        then
+            tx --debug --traceback push -s \
+                -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-log-${level}-translations
+        fi
+    done
 fi