diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/qml/qmlpluginloader.cpp b/src/lib/plugins/qml/qmlpluginloader.cpp
index 507d925bc..8159b4b9a 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/qml/qmlpluginloader.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/qml/qmlpluginloader.cpp
@@ -71,5 +71,8 @@ void QmlPluginLoader::initEngineAndComponent()
     m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("__falkon_i18n"), m_engine->newQObject(i18n));
     m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("i18n"), m_engine->evaluate(QSL("function (s) { return __falkon_i18n.i18n(s) }")));
     m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("i18np"), m_engine->evaluate(QSL("function (s1, s2) { return __falkon_i18n.i18np(s1, s2) }")));
+#else
+    m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("i18n"), m_engine->evaluate(QSL("function (s) { return s }")));
+    m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("i18np"), m_engine->evaluate(QSL("function (s1, s2) { return s1 }")));
 #endif
 }