diff --git a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
index fcdae4423..b30964024 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/uimanager.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require "ui/device"
 require "ui/inputevent"
 require "ui/screen"
 require "debug"
+require "gettext"
 
 -- initialize output module, this must be initialized before Input
 Screen:init()