diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index d5d9809d..e8158701 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - make check
 
+  - name: xgettext-go
+    image: git.coopcloud.tech/toolshed/drone-xgettext-go:latest
+    settings:
+      keyword: i18n.G
+      out: pkg/i18n/locales/abra.pot
+    depends_on:
+      - make check
+
+  - name: xgettext-go status
+    image: golang:1.24-alpine3.22
+    commands:
+      - apk add patchutils git make
+      - cd /drone/src
+      - make update-pot-po-metadata check-pot-changes
+    depends_on:
+      - xgettext-go
+
   - name: make test
     image: golang:1.24
     environment:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7051d70..7f5064c7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,15 @@ update-pot:
 
 .PHONY: update-pot-po-metadata
 update-pot-po-metadata:
-	@sed -i "s/charset=CHARSET/charset=UTF-8/g" pkg/i18n/locales/*.po*
+	@sed -i "s/charset=CHARSET/charset=UTF-8/g" pkg/i18n/locales/*.po pkg/i18n/locales/*.pot*
+
+.PHONY: check-pot-changes
+check-pot-changes:
+	@git diff pkg/i18n/locales/abra.pot | grepdiff --output-matching=hunk POT-Creation-Date | git apply --reverse --allow-empty
+	@if ! git diff-files --quiet; then \
+		git diff pkg/i18n/locales/abra.pot; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
 
 .PHONY: build-mo
 build-mo:
diff --git a/cli/app/labels.go b/cli/app/labels.go
index 43017377..e59dcea6 100644
--- a/cli/app/labels.go
+++ b/cli/app/labels.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var AppLabelsCommand = &cobra.Command{
 	Aliases: []string{i18n.G("lb")},
 	Short:   i18n.G("Show deployment labels"),
 	Long:    i18n.G("Both local recipe and live deployment labels are shown."),
-	Example: i18n.G("  abra app labels 1312.net"),
+	Example: "  " + i18n.G("abra app labels 1312.net"),
 	Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	ValidArgsFunction: func(
 		cmd *cobra.Command,