diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e1b058b..c6a94cf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(PYGTK_CODEGEN, pygtk-codegen-2.0, no)
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EXTENSION, pygobject-2.0)
 
+# Setup GETTEXT
+#
+ALL_LINGUAS=""
+GETTEXT_PACKAGE=sugar-base
+AC_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.33])
+AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [Gettext package])
+AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 src/Makefile
diff --git a/src/sugar/__init__.py b/src/sugar/__init__.py
index 9be4404..e915b38 100644
--- a/src/sugar/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sugar/__init__.py
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ else:
 
 locale_path = os.path.join(prefix, 'share', 'locale')
 
-gettext.bindtextdomain('sugar', locale_path)
+gettext.bindtextdomain('sugar-base', locale_path)