diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94fe67e6e..5977df007 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ if (PySide2_FOUND AND Shiboken2_FOUND AND PythonLibs_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 find_package(Intl)
+if (Intl_FOUND)
+    set(HAVE_LIBINTL TRUE)
+endif()
 
 # Git revision
 if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/qml/qmlpluginloader.cpp b/src/lib/plugins/qml/qmlpluginloader.cpp
index 8159b4b9a..2f393ff51 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/qml/qmlpluginloader.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/qml/qmlpluginloader.cpp
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ void QmlPluginLoader::initEngineAndComponent()
 #if HAVE_LIBINTL
     auto i18n = new QmlI18n(m_name);
     m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("__falkon_i18n"), m_engine->newQObject(i18n));
-    m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("i18n"), m_engine->evaluate(QSL("function (s) { return __falkon_i18n.i18n(s) }")));
-    m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("i18np"), m_engine->evaluate(QSL("function (s1, s2) { return __falkon_i18n.i18np(s1, s2) }")));
+    m_engine->evaluate(QSL("i18n = function (s) { return __falkon_i18n.i18n(s) };"));
+    m_engine->evaluate(QSL("i18np = function (s1, s2) { return __falkon_i18n.i18np(s1, s2) }"));
 #else
-    m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("i18n"), m_engine->evaluate(QSL("function (s) { return s }")));
-    m_engine->globalObject().setProperty(QSL("i18np"), m_engine->evaluate(QSL("function (s1, s2) { return s1 }")));
+    m_engine->evaluate(QSL("i18n = function (s) { return s; };"));
+    m_engine->evaluate(QSL("i18np = function (s1, s2) { return s1; }"));
 #endif
 }