diff --git a/tasks/makepot/makepot.js b/tasks/makepot/makepot.js
index dbfc173524..a94d034614 100644
--- a/tasks/makepot/makepot.js
+++ b/tasks/makepot/makepot.js
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             }
         });
 
+        grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-shell');
+        grunt.loadNpmTasks( 'grunt-wp-i18n' );
+
         // set base
         grunt.file.setBase(base_path);
 
@@ -77,4 +80,4 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         grunt.registerTask('pushpot', ['shell:txpush']);
         grunt.registerTask('update', ['makepot', 'shell:txpush']);
     }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};