diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 8a0bc91d0..f56d6e24d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Marius Hein <marius.hein@netways.de>
 Markus Frosch <markus@lazyfrosch.de>
 Matthias Jentsch <matthias.jentsch@netways.de>
 Michael Friedrich <michael.friedrich@netways.de>
+Paul Richards <paul@minimoo.org>
 Rene Moser <rene.moser@swisstxt.ch>
 Susanne Vestner-Ludwig <susanne.vestner-ludwig@inserteffect.com>
 Sylph Lin <sylph.lin@gmail.com>
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Util/Translator.php b/library/Icinga/Util/Translator.php
index 67825b63b..a4524cee7 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Util/Translator.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Util/Translator.php
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ namespace Icinga\Util;
 
 use Icinga\Exception\IcingaException;
 
+if (!defined('LC_MESSAGES')) {
+    define('LC_MESSAGES', 6);
+}
+
 /**
  * Helper class to ease internationalization when using gettext
  */