diff --git a/app/services/foreman/plugin.rb b/app/services/foreman/plugin.rb
index c5166fb3e4ae..da3fffe81ed1 100644
--- a/app/services/foreman/plugin.rb
+++ b/app/services/foreman/plugin.rb
@@ -223,5 +223,23 @@ def search_path_override(engine_name, &blk)
         Rails.logger.warn "Ignoring override of FiltersHelper#search_path_override for '#{engine_name}': no override block is present"
       end
     end
+
+    # list of API controller paths, globs allowed
+    def apipie_documented_controllers(controllers=nil)
+      if controllers
+        @apipie_documented_controllers = controllers
+        Apipie.configuration.api_controllers_matcher.concat(controllers)
+      end
+      @apipie_documented_controllers
+    end
+
+    # list of clontroller classnames that are ignored by apipie
+    def apipie_ignored_controllers(controllers=nil)
+      if controllers
+        @apipie_ignored_controllers = controllers
+        Apipie.configuration.ignored.concat(controllers)
+      end
+      @apipie_ignored_controllers
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/fast_gettext.rb b/config/initializers/1_fast_gettext.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from config/initializers/fast_gettext.rb
rename to config/initializers/1_fast_gettext.rb
diff --git a/config/initializers/apipie.rb b/config/initializers/apipie.rb
index 7a09ec430fbb..6fb233185d52 100644
--- a/config/initializers/apipie.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/apipie.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,26 @@
   config.ignored_by_recorder = %w[]
   config.doc_base_url = "/apidoc"
   config.use_cache = Rails.env.production? || File.directory?(config.cache_dir)
+  # config.languages = [] # turn off localized API docs and CLI, useful for development
+  config.languages = FastGettext.available_locales # generate API docs for all available locales
+  config.default_locale = FastGettext.default_locale
+  config.locale = lambda { |loc| loc ? FastGettext.set_locale(loc) : FastGettext.locale }
+
+  substitutions = {
+    'operatingsystem_families' => Operatingsystem.families.join(", "),
+    'providers' => ComputeResource.providers.join(', ')
+  }
+
+  config.translate = lambda do |str, loc|
+    old_loc = FastGettext.locale
+    FastGettext.set_locale(loc)
+    if str
+      trans = _(str)
+      trans = trans % substitutions
+    end
+    FastGettext.set_locale(old_loc)
+    trans
+  end
   config.validate = false
   config.force_dsl = true
   config.reload_controllers = Rails.env.development?
diff --git a/lib/tasks/plugin_apipie.rake b/lib/tasks/plugin_apipie.rake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26286c7761ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/plugin_apipie.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+desc 'Generate apipie:cache for plugin - called via rake plugin:apipie:cache[plugin_name]'
+task 'plugin:apipie:cache', :engine do |t, args|
+
+  if args[:engine]
+    # Partially load the Rails environment to avoid
+    # the need of a database being setup
+    Rails.application.initialize!
+
+    path_name = args[:engine].gsub('-', '_')
+    @engine = "#{path_name.camelize}::Engine".constantize
+    @engine_root = @engine.root
+
+    plugin = Foreman::Plugin.find(args[:engine])
+
+    Apipie.configuration.ignored = plugin.apipie_ignored_controllers || []
+    api_controllers =  plugin.apipie_documented_controllers || ["#{@engine_root}/app/controllers/#{path_name}/api/*.rb"]
+    Apipie.configuration.api_controllers_matcher = api_controllers
+
+    Rake::Task['apipie:cache'].execute
+  else
+    puts "You must specify the name of the plugin (e.g. rake plugin:apipie:cache['my_plugin'])"
+  end
+
+end