diff --git a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createMessagesDeclaration.tsx b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createMessagesDeclaration.tsx
index 692097da9..386db0b35 100644
--- a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createMessagesDeclaration.tsx
+++ b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createMessagesDeclaration.tsx
@@ -11,31 +11,35 @@ function runOnce(fn: () => void) {
   fn();
 }
 
-export default function createMessagesDeclaration(messagesPath: string) {
-  const fullPath = path.resolve(messagesPath);
-
-  if (!fs.existsSync(fullPath)) {
-    throwError(
-      `\`createMessagesDeclaration\` points to a non-existent file: ${fullPath}`
-    );
-  }
-  if (!fullPath.endsWith('.json')) {
-    throwError(
-      `\`createMessagesDeclaration\` needs to point to a JSON file. Received: ${fullPath}`
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Keep this as a runtime check and don't replace
-  // this with a constant during the build process
-  const env = process.env['NODE_ENV'.trim()];
-
+export default function createMessagesDeclaration(
+  messagesPaths: Array<string>
+) {
   // Next.js can call the Next.js config multiple
   // times - ensure we only run once.
   runOnce(() => {
-    compileDeclaration(messagesPath);
+    for (const messagesPath of messagesPaths) {
+      const fullPath = path.resolve(messagesPath);
+
+      if (!fs.existsSync(fullPath)) {
+        throwError(
+          `\`createMessagesDeclaration\` points to a non-existent file: ${fullPath}`
+        );
+      }
+      if (!fullPath.endsWith('.json')) {
+        throwError(
+          `\`createMessagesDeclaration\` needs to point to a JSON file. Received: ${fullPath}`
+        );
+      }
+
+      // Keep this as a runtime check and don't replace
+      // this with a constant during the build process
+      const env = process.env['NODE_ENV'.trim()];
+
+      compileDeclaration(messagesPath);
 
-    if (env === 'development') {
-      startWatching(messagesPath);
+      if (env === 'development') {
+        startWatching(messagesPath);
+      }
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createNextIntlPlugin.tsx b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createNextIntlPlugin.tsx
index bc60f83fb..62a6af878 100644
--- a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createNextIntlPlugin.tsx
+++ b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createNextIntlPlugin.tsx
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ function initPlugin(
     );
   }
 
-  if (pluginConfig.experimental?.createMessagesDeclaration) {
+  const messagesPathOrPaths =
+    pluginConfig.experimental?.createMessagesDeclaration;
+  if (messagesPathOrPaths) {
     createMessagesDeclaration(
-      pluginConfig.experimental.createMessagesDeclaration
+      typeof messagesPathOrPaths === 'string'
+        ? [messagesPathOrPaths]
+        : messagesPathOrPaths
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/types.tsx b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/types.tsx
index 915461238..24e5cd7c8 100644
--- a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/types.tsx
+++ b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/types.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export type PluginConfig = {
   requestConfig?: string;
   experimental?: {
-    createMessagesDeclaration?: string;
+    /** A path to the messages file that you'd like to create a declaration for. In case you want to consider multiple files, you can pass an array of paths. */
+    createMessagesDeclaration?: string | Array<string>;
   };
 };