diff --git a/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/CMakeLists.txt b/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/CMakeLists.txt
index da96c357f..583c51c01 100644
--- a/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"gmenu_dbusmenu_proxy\")
+
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII
 -DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
 -DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ target_link_libraries(gmenudbusmenuproxy
     Qt5::DBus
     KF5::ConfigCore
     KF5::WindowSystem
+    KF5::I18n
     XCB::XCB
 )
 
diff --git a/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/Messages.sh b/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e65fad8c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+$XGETTEXT *.cpp -o $podir/gmenu_dbusmenu_proxy.pot
diff --git a/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/menu.cpp b/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/menu.cpp
index 1f511342b..5ac4fe568 100644
--- a/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/menu.cpp
+++ b/gmenu-dbusmenu-proxy/menu.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <QMutableListIterator>
 #include <QVariantList>
 
+#include <KLocalizedString>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include "dbusmenuadaptor.h"
@@ -828,8 +830,8 @@ uint Menu::GetLayout(int parentId, int recursionDepth, const QStringList &proper
     }
 
     dbusItem.id = parentId; // TODO
-    // TODO use gMenuToDBusMenuProperties?
     dbusItem.properties = {
+        {QStringLiteral("label"), i18n("Menu")}, // TODO use application name?
         {QStringLiteral("children-display"), QStringLiteral("submenu")}
     };