diff --git a/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js b/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
index 61de6943f..88fbc00e0 100644
--- a/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
+++ b/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const Lang = imports.lang;
 const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
 const Mainloop = imports.mainloop;
 const St = imports.gi.St;
+const Gettext = imports.gettext.domain('gnome-shell');
+const _ = Gettext.gettext;
 
 const Main = imports.ui.main;
 const MessageTray = imports.ui.messageTray;