diff --git a/customize.dist/messages.js b/customize.dist/messages.js
index 833e9cd19..68b6083d6 100755
--- a/customize.dist/messages.js
+++ b/customize.dist/messages.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var map = {
     'es': 'Español',
     'el': 'Ελληνικά',
     'fr': 'Français',
+    'it': 'Italiano',
     'nb': 'Norwegian Bokmål',
     'pl': 'Polski',
     'pt-br': 'Português do Brasil',
diff --git a/customize.dist/translations/messages.it.js b/customize.dist/translations/messages.it.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10b9ee649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/customize.dist/translations/messages.it.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * You can override the translation text using this file.
+ * The recommended method is to make a copy of this file (/customize.dist/translations/messages.{LANG}.js)
+   in a 'customize' directory (/customize/translations/messages.{LANG}.js).
+ * If you want to check all the existing translation keys, you can open the internal language file
+   but you should not change it directly (/common/translations/messages.{LANG}.js)
+*/
+define(['/common/translations/messages.it.js'], function (Messages) {
+    // Replace the existing keys in your copied file here:
+    // Messages.button_newpad = "New Rich Text Document";
+
+    return Messages;
+});
+
diff --git a/www/common/translations/messages.it.json b/www/common/translations/messages.it.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0967ef424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/common/translations/messages.it.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}