diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
index 0ce64252..2970dc8e 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ function! airline#extensions#load()
     call airline#extensions#whitespace#init(s:ext)
   endif
 
+  if get(g:, 'airline#extensions#po#enabled', 1) && executable('msgfmt')
+    call airline#extensions#po#init(s:ext)
+  endif
+
   if get(g:, 'airline#extensions#wordcount#enabled', 1)
     call airline#extensions#wordcount#init(s:ext)
   endif
diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/po.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/po.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e5b6bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/po.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+" MIT License. Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Bailey Ling.
+" vim: et ts=2 sts=2 sw=2
+
+function! airline#extensions#po#apply(...)
+  if &ft ==# 'po'
+    call airline#extensions#prepend_to_section('z', '%{airline#extensions#po#stats()}')
+    autocmd airline BufWritePost * unlet! b:airline_po_stats
+  endif
+endfunction
+
+function! airline#extensions#po#stats()
+  if exists('b:airline_po_stats') && !empty(b:airline_po_stats)
+    return b:airline_po_stats
+  endif
+
+  let airline_po_stats = system('msgfmt --statistics -o /dev/null -- '. expand('%:p'))
+  if v:shell_error
+    return ''
+  endif
+  try
+    let b:airline_po_stats = '['. split(airline_po_stats, '\n')[0]. ']'
+  catch
+    let b:airline_po_stats = ''
+  endtry
+  if exists("g:airline#extensions#po#displayed_limit")
+    let w:displayed_po_limit = g:airline#extensions#po#displayed_limit
+    if len(b:airline_po_stats) > w:displayed_po_limit - 1
+      let b:airline_po_stats = b:airline_po_stats[0:(w:displayed_po_limit - 1)].(&encoding==?'utf-8' ? '…' : '.')
+    endif
+  endif
+  return b:airline_po_stats
+endfunction
+
+function! airline#extensions#po#init(ext)
+    call a:ext.add_statusline_func('airline#extensions#po#apply')
+endfunction
diff --git a/doc/airline.txt b/doc/airline.txt
index d123858d..fcf285b1 100644
--- a/doc/airline.txt
+++ b/doc/airline.txt
@@ -721,6 +721,15 @@ Shows number of errors and warnings in the current file detected by YCM.
 * set warning count prefix >
   let g:airline#extensions#ycm#warning_symbol = 'W:'
 <
+-------------------------------------                          *airline-po*
+po.vim <http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2530>
+
+* enable/disable po integration >
+  let g:airline#extensions#po#enabled = 1
+<
+* truncate width names to a fixed length >
+  let g:airline#extensions#po#displayed_limit = 0
+<
 ==============================================================================
 ADVANCED CUSTOMIZATION                      *airline-advanced-customization*