diff --git a/contrib/qt_translations.py b/contrib/qt_translations.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fd8a8b7129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/qt_translations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Helpful little script that spits out a comma-separated list of
+# language codes for Qt icons that should be included
+# in binary bitcoin distributions
+
+import glob
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+  sys.exit("Usage: %s $QTDIR/translations $BITCOINDIR/src/qt/locale"%sys.argv[0])
+
+d1 = sys.argv[1]
+d2 = sys.argv[2]
+
+l1 = set([ re.search(r'qt_(.*).qm', f).group(1) for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(d1, 'qt_*.qm')) ])
+l2 = set([ re.search(r'bitcoin_(.*).qm', f).group(1) for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(d2, 'bitcoin_*.qm')) ])
+
+print ",".join(sorted(l1.intersection(l2)))
+
diff --git a/doc/release-process.txt b/doc/release-process.txt
index 27e2cf5b93..c62079d541 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.txt
+++ b/doc/release-process.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
   qmake USE_SSL=1 USE_UPNP=1 bitcoin-qt.pro
   make
   export QTDIR=/opt/local/share/qt4  # needed to find translations/qt_*.qm files
-  contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus Bitcoin-Qt.app -add-qt-tr de,es,ru -dmg -fancy contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist  
+  T=$(contrib/qt_translations.py $QTDIR/translations src/qt/locale)
+  contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus Bitcoin-Qt.app -add-qt-tr $T -dmg -fancy contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist  
 
  Build output expected:
   Bitcoin-Qt.dmg