diff --git a/gramps/gen/utils/cast.py b/gramps/gen/utils/cast.py
index d7d2015b7..799db27af 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/utils/cast.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/utils/cast.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(".")
 # Gramps modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from ..const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
+_ = glocale.translation.gettext
 from ..datehandler import codeset
 from ..constfunc import conv_to_unicode, conv_to_unicode_direct, UNITYPE, STRTYPE
 
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 51aef46ac..c974217cd 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ gramps/gen/proxy/private.py
 gramps/gen/relationship.py
 gramps/gen/simple/_simpleaccess.py
 gramps/gen/utils/alive.py
+gramps/gen/utils/cast.py
 gramps/gen/utils/db.py
 gramps/gen/utils/docgen/odstab.py
 gramps/gen/utils/image.py
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.skip b/po/POTFILES.skip
index 64dfc5539..9c6b65838 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.skip
+++ b/po/POTFILES.skip
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ gramps/gen/simple/_simpledoc.py
 gramps/gen/utils/__init__.py
 gramps/gen/utils/callback.py
 gramps/gen/utils/callman.py
-gramps/gen/utils/cast.py
 gramps/gen/utils/config.py
 gramps/gen/utils/debug.py
 gramps/gen/utils/file.py