diff --git a/data/clock-preferences.ui b/data/clock-preferences.ui
index cc04f725e..2e22d9aa9 100644
--- a/data/clock-preferences.ui
+++ b/data/clock-preferences.ui
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<interface>
+<interface domain="gnome-shell">
   <requires lib="gtk+" version="2.16"/>
   <!-- interface-naming-policy project-wide -->
   <object class="GtkDialog" id="prefs-dialog">
diff --git a/js/prefs/clockPreferences.js b/js/prefs/clockPreferences.js
index 757eb7cf1..180358bad 100644
--- a/js/prefs/clockPreferences.js
+++ b/js/prefs/clockPreferences.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const GConf = imports.gi.GConf;
 const Lang = imports.lang;
 const Signals = imports.signals;
 
+const Gettext = imports.gettext;
+
 const GCONF_DIR        = '/desktop/gnome/shell/clock';
 const FORMAT_KEY       = GCONF_DIR + '/format';
 const SHOW_DATE_KEY    = GCONF_DIR + '/show_date';
@@ -80,6 +82,9 @@ Signals.addSignalMethods(ClockPreferences.prototype);
 function main(params) {
     if ('progName' in params)
         GLib.set_prgname(params['progName']);
+    if ('localeDir' in params)
+        Gettext.bindtextdomain('gnome-shell', params['localeDir']);
+
     Gtk.init(null, null);
 
     let clockPrefs = new ClockPreferences(params['uiFile']);
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 6200dc559..5ab98c351 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += gnome-shell.in
 
 gnome-shell-clock-preferences: gnome-shell-clock-preferences.in
 	$(AM_V_GEN) sed -e "s|@pkgdatadir[@]|$(pkgdatadir)|" \
+	    -e "s|@localedir[@]|$(datadir)/locale|" \
 	    -e "s|@GJS_CONSOLE[@]|$(GJS_CONSOLE)|" \
 	    $< > $@ && chmod a+x $@
 CLEANFILES += gnome-shell-clock-preferences
diff --git a/src/gnome-shell-clock-preferences.in b/src/gnome-shell-clock-preferences.in
index 419d0085d..9c471ab91 100644
--- a/src/gnome-shell-clock-preferences.in
+++ b/src/gnome-shell-clock-preferences.in
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 progName="`basename $0`"
+localeDir="@localedir@"
 uiFile="$uiDir/clock-preferences.ui"
 export GJS_PATH="$jsDir"
 
 @GJS_CONSOLE@ -c "const ClockPreferences = imports.prefs.clockPreferences;
-ClockPreferences.main({ progName: '$progName', uiFile: '$uiFile' });"
+ClockPreferences.main({ progName: '$progName',
+                        uiFile: '$uiFile',
+                        localeDir: '$localeDir' });"