diff --git a/applet.cpp b/applet.cpp
index 46bad4964..bef21e8b7 100644
--- a/applet.cpp
+++ b/applet.cpp
@@ -2193,6 +2193,13 @@ void AppletPrivate::setupScriptSupport()
              << "which is a" << package->structure()->type() << "package"
              << ", main script is" << package->filePath("mainscript");
 
+    QString translationsPath = package->filePath("translations");
+    if (!translationsPath.isEmpty()) {
+        //FIXME: we should _probably_ use a KComponentData to segregate the applets
+        //       from each other; but I want to get the basics working first :)
+        KGlobal::dirs()->addResourceDir("locale", translationsPath);
+    }
+
     QString xmlPath = package->filePath("mainconfigxml");
     if (!xmlPath.isEmpty()) {
         QFile file(xmlPath);
@@ -2210,9 +2217,9 @@ void AppletPrivate::setupScriptSupport()
     if (size.isEmpty()) {
         size = QSize(200,200);
     }
+
     //kDebug() << "size" << size;
     q->resize(size);
-
 }
 
 QString AppletPrivate::globalName() const
diff --git a/private/packages.cpp b/private/packages.cpp
index 191d6dbb1..1616cdb63 100644
--- a/private/packages.cpp
+++ b/private/packages.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ PlasmoidPackage::PlasmoidPackage(QObject *parent)
     mimetypes << "text/*";
     setMimetypes("scripts", mimetypes);
 
+    addDirectoryDefinition("translations", "locale", i18n("Translations"));
+
     addFileDefinition("mainconfigui", "ui/config.ui", i18n("Main Config UI File"));
     addFileDefinition("mainconfigxml", "config/main.xml", i18n("Configuration XML file"));
     addFileDefinition("mainscript", "code/main", i18n("Main Script File"));