diff --git a/plugins/quickopen/quickopen/__init__.py b/plugins/quickopen/quickopen/__init__.py
index 7d63126..cde8a79 100644
--- a/plugins/quickopen/quickopen/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/quickopen/quickopen/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import os
+import gettext
+gettext.bindtextdomain('gedit')
+gettext.textdomain('gedit')
+_ = gettext.gettext
 
 import gi
 gi.require_version('Gedit', '3.0')
diff --git a/plugins/quickopen/quickopen/popup.py b/plugins/quickopen/quickopen/popup.py
index ff11354..2e67edd 100644
--- a/plugins/quickopen/quickopen/popup.py
+++ b/plugins/quickopen/quickopen/popup.py
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ import platform
 import functools
 import fnmatch
 
+import gettext
+gettext.bindtextdomain('gedit')
+gettext.textdomain('gedit')
+_ = gettext.gettext
+
 from gi.repository import GLib, Gio, GObject, Pango, Gtk, Gdk, Gedit
 import xml.sax.saxutils
 from .virtualdirs import VirtualDirectory
