diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index ea47e56..865de01 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Revision history for {{ $dist->name }}
 
 {{ $NEXT }}
+    * fix issue#1 - support for recursive directory lookup (jérôme quelin)
     * added test suite (jérôme quelin)
 
 1.202     2010-11-05 23:47:26 America/New_York
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/LocaleMsgfmt.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/LocaleMsgfmt.pm
index e47c2be..2ce1b86 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/LocaleMsgfmt.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/LocaleMsgfmt.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package Dist::Zilla::Plugin::LocaleMsgfmt;
 
 use Locale::Msgfmt 0.14;
 use Moose;
+use MooseX::Has::Sugar;
 use Path::Class;
 
 with 'Dist::Zilla::Role::BeforeBuild';
@@ -14,16 +15,21 @@ with 'Dist::Zilla::Role::BeforeBuild';
 # be stored in an arrayref
 sub mvp_multivalue_args { qw(locale) }
 
+
+=attr recursive
+
+Whether to look up in the locale files recursively.
+
 =attr locale
 
 Path to the directory containing the locale files.
 
 =cut
 
+has recursive => ( ro, isa=>'Bool', default=>1 );
 has locale => (
-    is      => 'ro',
+    ro, lazy, auto_deref,
     isa     => 'ArrayRef[Str]',
-    lazy    => 1,
     default => sub {
         my $self = shift;
         my $path = dir( $self->zilla->root, 'share', 'locale' );
@@ -39,14 +45,30 @@ has locale => (
 sub before_build {
     my ( $self, $args ) = @_;
 
-    for my $dir ( @{ $self->locale } ) {
+    for my $dir ( $self->locale ) {
         my $path = dir($dir);
-        if ( -e $path ) {
-            $self->log("Generating .mo files from .po files in $path");
-            msgfmt( { in => $path->absolute, verbose => 1, remove => 0 } );
-        }
-        else {
+        if ( ! -e $path ) {
             warn "Skipping invalid path: $path";
+            next;
+        }
+
+        # find directories if recursive behaviour wanted
+        my @pathes;
+        if ( $self->recursive ) {
+            $path->recurse(
+                callback => sub {
+                    my $p = shift;
+                    push @pathes, $p if -d $p;
+                }
+            );
+        } else {
+            push @pathes, $path;
+        }
+
+        # generating mo files
+        foreach my $p ( @pathes ) {
+            $self->log("Generating .mo files from .po files in $p");
+            msgfmt( { in => $p->absolute, verbose => 1, remove => 0 } );
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/t/msgfmt.t b/t/msgfmt.t
index dc201eb..76a4e0a 100644
--- a/t/msgfmt.t
+++ b/t/msgfmt.t
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use Dist::Zilla     1.093250;
 use Dist::Zilla::Tester;
 use Path::Class;
 use Test::File;
-use Test::More      tests => 3;
+use Test::More      tests => 8;
 use Test::Warn;
 
 # build fake repository
@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ my $share = $tzil->root->subdir( "share" );
 file_exists_ok( $share->file( "locale1", "basic.mo" ), "1st dir" );
 file_exists_ok( $share->file( "locale2", "basic.mo" ), "2nd dir" );
 
+# recursive
+file_exists_ok( $share->file( "locale1", "a", "a", "basic.mo" ), "recurse" );
+file_exists_ok( $share->file( "locale1", "a", "b", "basic.mo" ), "recurse" );
+file_exists_ok( $share->file( "locale1", "b", "a", "basic.mo" ), "recurse" );
+file_exists_ok( $share->file( "locale1", "b", "b", "basic.mo" ), "recurse" );
+file_exists_ok( $share->file( "locale1", "b",      "basic.mo" ), "recurse" );
+
diff --git a/t/msgfmt/dist.ini b/t/msgfmt/dist.ini
index 9a29875..c4b421a 100644
--- a/t/msgfmt/dist.ini
+++ b/t/msgfmt/dist.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ copyright_holder = foobar
 copyright_year   = 2009
 
 [LocaleMsgfmt]
+recursive = 1
 locale = share/locale1
 locale = share/locale2
 locale = share/locale3
diff --git a/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/a/a/basic.po b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/a/a/basic.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df807e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/a/a/basic.po
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+msgid "foo"
+msgstr "bar"
+
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "fuzz"
+msgstr "fuzz"
diff --git a/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/a/b/basic.po b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/a/b/basic.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df807e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/a/b/basic.po
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+msgid "foo"
+msgstr "bar"
+
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "fuzz"
+msgstr "fuzz"
diff --git a/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/b/a/basic.po b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/b/a/basic.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df807e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/b/a/basic.po
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+msgid "foo"
+msgstr "bar"
+
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "fuzz"
+msgstr "fuzz"
diff --git a/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/b/b/basic.po b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/b/b/basic.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df807e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/b/b/basic.po
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+msgid "foo"
+msgstr "bar"
+
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "fuzz"
+msgstr "fuzz"
diff --git a/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/b/basic.po b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/b/basic.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df807e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/msgfmt/share/locale1/b/basic.po
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+msgid "foo"
+msgstr "bar"
+
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "fuzz"
+msgstr "fuzz"