diff --git a/platform/safari/Info.plist b/platform/safari/Info.plist
index dab006b6f..c5291ca14 100644
--- a/platform/safari/Info.plist
+++ b/platform/safari/Info.plist
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
     <string>6.0</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>0.7.2.0</string>
+    <string>0.8.1.2</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
     <string>1</string>
     <key>Chrome</key>
diff --git a/platform/safari/update_safariextz.plist b/platform/safari/update_safariextz.plist
index f82911e17..c171e8689 100644
--- a/platform/safari/update_safariextz.plist
+++ b/platform/safari/update_safariextz.plist
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 				<key>Developer Identifier</key>
 				<string></string>
 				<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-				<string>0.7.0.11</string>
+				<string>0.8.1.2</string>
 				<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
 				<string>1</string>
 				<key>URL</key>
diff --git a/platform/safari/vapi-common.js b/platform/safari/vapi-common.js
index f7f1a6405..505815b5c 100644
--- a/platform/safari/vapi-common.js
+++ b/platform/safari/vapi-common.js
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ vAPI.getURL = function(path) {
 // supported languages
 // first language is the default
 vAPI.i18nData = [
-    "en", "ar", "cs", "da", "de", "el", "es", "et", "fi", "fr", "he", "hi",
-    "hr", "hu", "id", "it", "ja", "mr", "nb", "nl", "pl", "pt_BR", "pt_PT",
-    "ro", "ru", "sv", "tr", "uk", "vi", "zh_CN"
+    'en', 'ar', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'es', 'et', 'fi', 'fil', 'fr', 'he',
+    'hi', 'hr', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'mr', 'nb', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt_BR',
+    'pt_PT', 'ro', 'ru', 'sv', 'tr', 'uk', 'vi', 'zh_CN'
 ];
 
 vAPI.i18n = navigator.language.replace('-', '_');
@@ -96,14 +96,10 @@ setScriptDirection(vAPI.i18n);
 
 var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest;
 xhr.overrideMimeType('application/json;charset=utf-8');
-xhr.open('GET', './_locales/' + vAPI.i18n + '/messages.json', false);
+xhr.open('GET', './_locales/' + vAPI.i18n + '.json', false);
 xhr.send();
 vAPI.i18nData = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
 
-for (var i18nKey in vAPI.i18nData) {
-    vAPI.i18nData[i18nKey] = vAPI.i18nData[i18nKey].message;
-}
-
 vAPI.i18n = function(s) {
     return this.i18nData[s] || s;
 };
diff --git a/tools/make-locale-safari.py b/tools/make-locale-safari.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62c819850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/make-locale-safari.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import json
+import sys
+from shutil import rmtree
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+if not sys.argv[1]:
+    raise SystemExit('Build dir missing.')
+
+
+def mkdirs(path):
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(path)
+    finally:
+        return os.path.exists(path)
+
+
+build_dir = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1])
+locale_dir = os.path.join(build_dir, '_locales')
+
+for alpha2 in os.listdir(locale_dir):
+    locale_path = os.path.join(locale_dir, alpha2, 'messages.json')
+    with open(locale_path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        string_data = json.load(f, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
+
+    for string_name in string_data:
+        string_data[string_name] = string_data[string_name]['message']
+
+    rmtree(os.path.join(locale_dir, alpha2))
+
+    alpha2 = alpha2.replace('_', '-')
+    locale_path = os.path.join(locale_dir, alpha2 + '.json')
+
+    mkdirs(os.path.join(locale_dir))
+
+    with open(locale_path, 'wt', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as f:
+        json.dump(string_data, f, ensure_ascii=False)
diff --git a/tools/make-safari.sh b/tools/make-safari.sh
index 89f89942a..1b9840af8 100644
--- a/tools/make-safari.sh
+++ b/tools/make-safari.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ cp src/img/icon_128.png $DES/Icon.png
 cp platform/safari/*.js $DES/js/
 cp platform/safari/Info.plist $DES/
 cp platform/safari/Settings.plist $DES/
+
+echo "*** uBlock_xpi: Generating locales"
+python tools/make-locale-safari.py $DES/
+
 echo "*** uBlock.safariextension: Package done."