diff --git a/frappe/gettext/extractors/report.py b/frappe/gettext/extractors/report.py
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+import json
+
+
+def extract(fileobj, *args, **kwargs):
+	"""
+	Extract messages from report JSON files. To be used to babel extractor
+	:param fileobj: the file-like object the messages should be extracted from
+	:rtype: `iterator`
+	"""
+	data = json.load(fileobj)
+
+	if isinstance(data, list):
+		return
+
+	if data.get("doctype") != "Report":
+		return
+
+	yield None, "_", data.get("report_name"), ["Name of a report"]