diff --git a/data/cldr2json/cldr2json.py b/data/cldr2json/cldr2json.py
index c8258007f..e5eb3cbe9 100755
--- a/data/cldr2json/cldr2json.py
+++ b/data/cldr2json/cldr2json.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def parse_rows(keymap):
                        reverse=True):
         row = []
         for key in sorted(v, key=lambda x: x):
-            row.append(key[1])
+            row.append({ 'strings': key[1] })
         rows.append(row)
 
     return rows