diff --git a/libcinnamon-desktop/gnome-wall-clock.c b/libcinnamon-desktop/gnome-wall-clock.c
index 5747882..0de206c 100644
--- a/libcinnamon-desktop/gnome-wall-clock.c
+++ b/libcinnamon-desktop/gnome-wall-clock.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */

 #include "config.h"
+#include "locale.h"

 #include <glib/gi18n-lib.h>

@@ -60,37 +61,69 @@ enum {

 G_DEFINE_TYPE (GnomeWallClock, gnome_wall_clock, G_TYPE_OBJECT);

+/*
+ * Translate @str according to the locale defined by LC_TIME; unlike
+ * dcgettext(), the translation is still taken from the LC_MESSAGES
+ * catalogue and not the LC_TIME one.
+ */
+static const char *
+translate_time_format_string (const char *str)
+{
+  const char *locale = g_getenv ("LC_TIME");
+  const char *res;
+  char *sep;
+  locale_t old_loc;
+  locale_t loc = (locale_t)0;
+
+  if (locale)
+    loc = newlocale (LC_MESSAGES_MASK, locale, (locale_t)0);
+
+  old_loc = uselocale (loc);
+
+  sep = strchr (str, '\004');
+  res = g_dpgettext (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, str, sep ? sep - str + 1 : 0);
+
+  uselocale (old_loc);
+
+  if (loc != (locale_t)0)
+    freelocale (loc);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+#define T_(string) translate_time_format_string (string)
+
 /* Date/Time format defaults - options are stored in org.cinnamon.desktop.interface keys.
  * The wall clock is used variously in Cinnamon applets and desklets, as well as
  * cinnamon-screensaver's default lock screen. */

 /* Default date format (typically matching date portion of WITH_DATE_* defaults.)
  * Currently used by cinnamon-screensaver default clock */
-#define DATE_ONLY             (_("%A, %B %e"))
+#define DATE_ONLY             (T_(N_("%A, %B %e")))

 /* Defaut date/time format when show-date, show-seconds, use-24h are set */
-#define WITH_DATE_24H_SECONDS (_("%A %B %e, %R:%S"))
+#define WITH_DATE_24H_SECONDS (T_(N_("%A %B %e, %R:%S")))

 /* Default date/time format when show-date, show-seconds are set */
-#define WITH_DATE_12H_SECONDS (_("%A %B %e, %l:%M:%S %p"))
+#define WITH_DATE_12H_SECONDS (T_(N_("%A %B %e, %l:%M:%S %p")))

 /* Default date/time format when show-date, use-24h are set */
-#define WITH_DATE_24H         (_("%A %B %e, %R"))
+#define WITH_DATE_24H         (T_(N_("%A %B %e, %R")))

 /* Default date/time format when just show-date is set */
-#define WITH_DATE_12H         (_("%A %B %e, %l:%M %p"))
+#define WITH_DATE_12H         (T_(N_("%A %B %e, %l:%M %p")))

 /* Default date/time format when show-seconds, use-24h are set */
-#define NO_DATE_24H_SECONDS   (_("%R:%S"))
+#define NO_DATE_24H_SECONDS   (T_(N_("%R:%S")))

 /* Default date/time format when just show-seconds is set */
-#define NO_DATE_12H_SECONDS   (_("%l:%M:%S %p"))
+#define NO_DATE_12H_SECONDS   (T_(N_("%l:%M:%S %p")))

 /* Default date/time format when just use-24h is set */
-#define NO_DATE_24H           (_("%R"))
+#define NO_DATE_24H           (T_(N_("%R")))

 /* Default date/time format with no options are set */
-#define NO_DATE_12H           (_("%l:%M %p"))
+#define NO_DATE_12H           (T_(N_("%l:%M %p")))

 #define NO_DATE               ("")

@@ -212,6 +245,9 @@ gnome_wall_clock_class_init (GnomeWallClockClass *klass)
 {
 	GObjectClass *gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);

+    bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, GNOMELOCALEDIR);
+    bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+
 	gobject_class->get_property = gnome_wall_clock_get_property;
 	gobject_class->set_property = gnome_wall_clock_set_property;
 	gobject_class->dispose = gnome_wall_clock_dispose;