diff --git a/polkit-gettext.patch b/polkit-gettext.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9d00de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polkit-gettext.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+From fea7159b7cc50deb7298b2858e125fb623012549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
+Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 18:28:28 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Use gettext as fallback for translations
+
+Upstream polkit action files do not necessarily contain translations for
+all languages a distribution supports. And even if all translations are
+contained in the head branch, distributions sometimes need to ship older
+versions of packages. In order to allow retrofitting translations and
+shipping language packs for polkit actions without having to patch and
+rebuild packages gettext could be used as fallback. That way only
+additional .mo files have to be installed.
+So this patch makes polkit call into gettext with the domain
+'polkit-action-distro-translations' if an xml doesn't contain
+translations for the requested language.
+---
+ src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c
+index 3894fe9..9252788 100644
+--- a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c
++++ b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c
+@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
+ #include <pwd.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <expat.h>
++#include <locale.h>
+ 
+ #include <polkit/polkit.h>
+ #include <polkit/polkitprivate.h>
+@@ -1132,8 +1133,20 @@ _localize (GHashTable *translations,
+   if (result != NULL)
+     goto out;
+ 
+-  /* fall back to untranslated */
+-  result = untranslated;
++  /* try distro provided language bundle via gettext */
++
++  /* Set LANG and locale so g_dgettext() + friends work below */
++  if (setlocale (LC_ALL, lang) == NULL)
++    {
++      g_printerr ("Invalid locale '%s'\n", lang);
++    }
++  g_setenv ("LANG", lang, TRUE);
++
++  result = g_dgettext ("polkit-action-distro-translations", untranslated);
++
++  /* Back to C! */
++  setlocale (LC_ALL, "C");
++  g_setenv ("LANG", "C", TRUE);
+ 
+ out:
+   return result;
+-- 
+2.12.2
+
diff --git a/polkit.changes b/polkit.changes
index fd57194..4404611 100644
--- a/polkit.changes
+++ b/polkit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 13 15:25:58 UTC 2017 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- Use gettext as fallback to get potential distro translations for
+  polkit actions. Similar mechnism as used for desktop file
+  translations. That way it's possible to use weblate to add
+  additional translations that are not provided by upstream
+  (polkit-gettext.patch).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun  8 11:13:43 UTC 2016 - fbui@suse.com
 
diff --git a/polkit.spec b/polkit.spec
index 01f85b1..988169f 100644
--- a/polkit.spec
+++ b/polkit.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package polkit
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Patch0:         polkit-no-wheel-group.patch
 Patch1:         polkit-no-systemd.patch
 # PATCH-REVERT-UPSTREAM polkit-revert-session-magic.patch various bugs meissner -- systemd session magic was not updating the user seats correctly
 Patch2:         polkit-revert-session-magic.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE polkit-gettext.patch lnussel@suse.de -- allow fallback to gettext for polkit action translations
+Patch3:         polkit-gettext.patch
 # needed for patch1
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 # needed for patch1
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ This package provides the GObject Introspection bindings for PolicyKit.
 %patch1 -p1
 %endif
 %patch2 -p1 -R
+%patch3 -p1
 
 %build
 export V=1