diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Modules/Module.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Modules/Module.php
index 6d66412e6..6cbb49a9b 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/Modules/Module.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/Modules/Module.php
@@ -924,4 +924,9 @@ class Module
     {
         return mt($this->name, $string);
     }
+
+    protected function translatePlural($string, $string2, $n)
+    {
+        return mtp($this->name, $string, $string2, $n);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/functions.php b/library/Icinga/Application/functions.php
index 422dfeab7..42f35747f 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/functions.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/functions.php
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ if (extension_loaded('gettext')) {
     {
         return Translator::translate($messageId, $domain);
     }
+    function mtp($domain, $messageId, $messageId2, $n)
+    {
+        return Translator::translatePlural($messageId, $messageId2, $n, $domain);
+    }
 } else {
     function t($messageId)
     {
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Util/Translator.php b/library/Icinga/Util/Translator.php
index b6cf533d9..df246f580 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Util/Translator.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Util/Translator.php
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ class Translator
         return $res;
     }
 
+    public static function translatePlural($msgid1, $msgid2, $n, $domain)
+    {
+        $res = dngettext($domain, $msgid1, $msgid2, $n);
+        return $res;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Register a new gettext domain
      *
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Controller/ActionController.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Controller/ActionController.php
index aead4043a..7b0a267ee 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Controller/ActionController.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Controller/ActionController.php
@@ -225,6 +225,20 @@ class ActionController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         return Translator::translate($text, $this->view->translationDomain);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Translate a plural string
+     *
+     * @param $msgid1
+     * @param $msgid2
+     * @param $n
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function translatePlural($msgid1, $msgid2, $n)
+    {
+        return Translator::translatePlural($msgid1, $msgid2, $n, $this->view->translationDomain);
+    }
+
     protected function ignoreXhrBody()
     {
         if ($this->isXhr()) {
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/View.php b/library/Icinga/Web/View.php
index 22e8e6fbd..467ab9671 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/View.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/View.php
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ class View extends Zend_View_Abstract
         return Translator::translate($text, $this->translationDomain);
     }
 
+    public function translatePlural($text, $text2, $n)
+    {
+        return Translator::translatePlural($text, $text2, $n, $this->translationDomain);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Load helpers
      */
diff --git a/modules/translation/library/Translation/Util/GettextTranslationHelper.php b/modules/translation/library/Translation/Util/GettextTranslationHelper.php
index 9d72b9c77..82560aeb4 100644
--- a/modules/translation/library/Translation/Util/GettextTranslationHelper.php
+++ b/modules/translation/library/Translation/Util/GettextTranslationHelper.php
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ class GettextTranslationHelper
                     '/usr/bin/xgettext',
                     '--language=PHP',
                     '--keyword=translate',
+                    '--keyword=translatePlural:1,2',
                     '--keyword=mt:2',
                     '--keyword=t',
                     '--sort-output',