diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
index 1a790b0e2..ebfb94d9d 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* === This file is part of Calamares - <http://github.com/calamares> ===
  *
- *   Copyright 2014, Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright 2014-2015, Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>
  *
  *   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@ Branding::Branding( const QString& brandingFilePath,
         {
             cDebug() << "WARNING: YAML parser error " << e.what();
         }
+
+        QDir translationsDir( componentDir.filePath( "lang" ) );
+        if ( !translationsDir.exists() )
+            cDebug() << "WARNING: the selected branding component does not ship translations.";
+        m_translationsPathPrefix = translationsDir.absolutePath();
+        m_translationsPathPrefix.append( QString( "%1calamares-%2" )
+                                            .arg( QDir::separator() )
+                                            .arg( m_componentName ) );
     }
     else
     {
@@ -205,6 +213,13 @@ Branding::componentDirectory() const
 }
 
 
+QString
+Branding::translationsPathPrefix() const
+{
+    return m_translationsPathPrefix;
+}
+
+
 QString
 Branding::string( Branding::StringEntry stringEntry ) const
 {
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.h b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.h
index 1c43c5832..9fc465ec4 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.h
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* === This file is part of Calamares - <http://github.com/calamares> ===
  *
- *   Copyright 2014, Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright 2014-2015, Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>
  *
  *   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public:
     QString descriptorPath() const;
     QString componentName() const;
     QString componentDirectory() const;
+    QString translationsPathPrefix() const;
 
     QString string( Branding::StringEntry stringEntry ) const;
     QString styleString( Branding::StyleEntry styleEntry ) const;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ private:
     QMap< QString, QString > m_images;
     QMap< QString, QString > m_style;
     QString m_slideshowPath;
+    QString m_translationsPathPrefix;
 };
 
 }