diff --git a/applets/appmenu/CMakeLists.txt b/applets/appmenu/CMakeLists.txt
index 731013ba7..56768977e 100644
--- a/applets/appmenu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/applets/appmenu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"plasma_applet_org.kde.plasma.appmenu\")
+
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(plugin)