diff --git a/src/Core/Console.php b/src/Core/Console.php
index d315c10a25..ebaa33f950 100644
--- a/src/Core/Console.php
+++ b/src/Core/Console.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Commands:
 	help                   Show help about a command, e.g (bin/console help config)
 	maintenance            Set maintenance mode for this node
 	php2po                 Generate a messages.po file from a strings.php file
+	po2php                 Generate a strings.php file from a messages.po file
 
 Options:
 	-h|--help|-? Show help information
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ HELP;
 				break;
 			case 'php2po': $subconsole = new Console\PhpToPo($subargs);
 				break;
+			case 'po2php': $subconsole = new Console\PoToPhp($subargs);
+				break;
 			default:
 				throw new \Asika\SimpleConsole\CommandArgsException('Command ' . $command . ' doesn\'t exist');
 		}
diff --git a/src/Core/Console/PoToPhp.php b/src/Core/Console/PoToPhp.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a58d9fed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Console/PoToPhp.php
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Core\Console;
+
+/**
+ * Read a messages.po file and create strings.php in the same directory
+ *
+ * @author Hypolite Petovan <mrpetovan@gmail.com>
+ */
+class PoToPhp extends \Asika\SimpleConsole\Console
+{
+	protected $helpOptions = ['h', 'help', '?'];
+
+	const DQ_ESCAPE = "__DQ__";
+
+	protected function getHelp()
+	{
+		$help = <<<HELP
+console php2po - Generate a strings.php file from a messages.po file
+Usage
+	bin/console php2po <path/to/messages.po> [-h|--help|-?] [-v]
+
+Description
+	Read a messages.po file and create the according strings.php in the same directory
+
+Options
+	-h|--help|-?  Show help information
+	-v            Show more debug information.
+HELP;
+		return $help;
+	}
+
+	protected function doExecute()
+	{
+		if ($this->getOption('v')) {
+			$this->out('Class: ' . __CLASS__);
+			$this->out('Arguments: ' . var_export($this->args, true));
+			$this->out('Options: ' . var_export($this->options, true));
+		}
+
+		if (count($this->args) == 0) {
+			$this->out($this->getHelp());
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (count($this->args) > 1) {
+			throw new \Asika\SimpleConsole\CommandArgsException('Too many arguments');
+		}
+
+		$a = get_app();
+
+		$pofile = realpath($this->getArgument(0));
+
+		if (!file_exists($pofile)) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException('Supplied file path doesn\'t exist.');
+		}
+
+		if (!is_writable(dirname($pofile))) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException('Supplied directory isn\'t writable.');
+		}
+
+		$outfile = dirname($pofile) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'strings.php';
+
+		if (strstr($outfile, 'util')) {
+			$lang = 'en';
+		} else {
+			$lang = str_replace('-', '_', basename(dirname($pofile)));
+		}
+
+		$this->out('Out to ' . $outfile);
+
+		$out = "<?php\n\n";
+
+		$infile = file($pofile);
+		$k = '';
+		$v = '';
+		$arr = false;
+		$ink = false;
+		$inv = false;
+		$escape_s_exp = '|[^\\\\]\$[a-z]|';
+
+		foreach ($infile as $l) {
+			$l = str_replace('\"', self::DQ_ESCAPE, $l);
+			$len = strlen($l);
+			if ($l[0] == "#") {
+				$l = "";
+			}
+
+			if (substr($l, 0, 15) == '"Plural-Forms: ') {
+				$match = [];
+				preg_match("|nplurals=([0-9]*); *plural=(.*)[;\\\\]|", $l, $match);
+				$cond = str_replace('n', '$n', $match[2]);
+				// define plural select function if not already defined
+				$fnname = 'string_plural_select_' . $lang;
+				$out .= 'if(! function_exists("' . $fnname . '")) {' . "\n";
+				$out .= 'function ' . $fnname . '($n){' . "\n";
+				$out .= '	return ' . $cond . ';' . "\n";
+				$out .= '}}' . "\n";
+			}
+
+			if ($k != "" && substr($l, 0, 7) == 'msgstr ') {
+				if ($ink) {
+					$ink = false;
+					$out .= '$a->strings["' . $k . '"] = ';
+				}
+
+				if ($inv) {
+					$inv = false;
+					$out .= '"' . $v . '"';
+				}
+
+				$v = substr($l, 8, $len - 11);
+				$v = preg_replace_callback($escape_s_exp, [$this, 'escapeDollar'], $v);
+
+				$inv = true;
+			}
+			if ($k != "" && substr($l, 0, 7) == 'msgstr[') {
+				if ($ink) {
+					$ink = false;
+					$out .= '$a->strings["' . $k . '"] = ';
+				}
+				if ($inv) {
+					$inv = false;
+					$out .= '"' . $v . '"';
+				}
+
+				if (!$arr) {
+					$arr = True;
+					$out .= "[\n";
+				}
+				$match = [];
+				preg_match("|\[([0-9]*)\] (.*)|", $l, $match);
+				$out .= "\t"
+					. preg_replace_callback($escape_s_exp, [$this, 'escapeDollar'], $match[1])
+					. ' => '
+					. preg_replace_callback($escape_s_exp, [$this, 'escapeDollar'], $match[2])
+					. ",\n";
+			}
+
+			if (substr($l, 0, 6) == 'msgid_') {
+				$ink = false;
+				$out .= '$a->strings["' . $k . '"] = ';
+			}
+
+			if ($ink) {
+				$k .= trim($l, "\"\r\n");
+				$k = preg_replace_callback($escape_s_exp, [$this, 'escapeDollar'], $k);
+			}
+
+			if (substr($l, 0, 6) == 'msgid ') {
+				if ($inv) {
+					$inv = false;
+					$out .= '"' . $v . '"';
+				}
+				if ($k != "") {
+					$out .= ($arr) ? "];\n" : ";\n";
+				}
+				$arr = false;
+				$k = str_replace("msgid ", "", $l);
+				if ($k != '""') {
+					$k = trim($k, "\"\r\n");
+				} else {
+					$k = '';
+				}
+
+				$k = preg_replace_callback($escape_s_exp, [$this, 'escapeDollar'], $k);
+				$ink = true;
+			}
+
+			if ($inv && substr($l, 0, 6) != "msgstr") {
+				$v .= trim($l, "\"\r\n");
+				$v = preg_replace_callback($escape_s_exp, [$this, 'escapeDollar'], $v);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ($inv) {
+			$inv = false;
+			$out .= '"' . $v . '"';
+		}
+
+		if ($k != '') {
+			$out .= ($arr ? "];\n" : ";\n");
+		}
+
+		$out = str_replace(self::DQ_ESCAPE, '\"', $out);
+		if (!file_put_contents($outfile, $out)) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException('Unable to write to ' . $outfile);
+		}
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	private function escapeDollar($match)
+	{
+		return str_replace('$', '\$', $match[0]);
+	}
+}