diff --git a/gui/booleansPage.py b/gui/booleansPage.py
index 5beec58b..ad11a9b2 100644
--- a/gui/booleansPage.py
+++ b/gui/booleansPage.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/domainsPage.py b/gui/domainsPage.py
index e08f34b4..e6eadd61 100644
--- a/gui/domainsPage.py
+++ b/gui/domainsPage.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/fcontextPage.py b/gui/fcontextPage.py
index bac2bec3..767664f2 100644
--- a/gui/fcontextPage.py
+++ b/gui/fcontextPage.py
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/loginsPage.py b/gui/loginsPage.py
index 18b93d8c..7e08232a 100644
--- a/gui/loginsPage.py
+++ b/gui/loginsPage.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/modulesPage.py b/gui/modulesPage.py
index c546d455..02b79f15 100644
--- a/gui/modulesPage.py
+++ b/gui/modulesPage.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/polgengui.py b/gui/polgengui.py
index a18f1cba..7a3ecd50 100644
--- a/gui/polgengui.py
+++ b/gui/polgengui.py
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/portsPage.py b/gui/portsPage.py
index 54aa80de..bee2bdf1 100644
--- a/gui/portsPage.py
+++ b/gui/portsPage.py
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/semanagePage.py b/gui/semanagePage.py
index 1371d4e7..efad14d9 100644
--- a/gui/semanagePage.py
+++ b/gui/semanagePage.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/statusPage.py b/gui/statusPage.py
index c241ef83..832849e6 100644
--- a/gui/statusPage.py
+++ b/gui/statusPage.py
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/system-config-selinux.py b/gui/system-config-selinux.py
index 1b460c99..9f53b7fe 100644
--- a/gui/system-config-selinux.py
+++ b/gui/system-config-selinux.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/gui/usersPage.py b/gui/usersPage.py
index d51bd968..9acd3b84 100644
--- a/gui/usersPage.py
+++ b/gui/usersPage.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/python/chcat/chcat b/python/chcat/chcat
index e779fcc6..952cb818 100755
--- a/python/chcat/chcat
+++ b/python/chcat/chcat
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
-except ImportError:
+except:
     try:
         import builtins
         builtins.__dict__['_'] = str
diff --git a/python/semanage/semanage b/python/semanage/semanage
index 1d828128..4e8d64d6 100644
--- a/python/semanage/semanage
+++ b/python/semanage/semanage
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/python/semanage/seobject.py b/python/semanage/seobject.py
index ff8f4e9c..0782c082 100644
--- a/python/semanage/seobject.py
+++ b/python/semanage/seobject.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/python/sepolgen/src/sepolgen/sepolgeni18n.py b/python/sepolgen/src/sepolgen/sepolgeni18n.py
index 56ebd807..1ff307d9 100644
--- a/python/sepolgen/src/sepolgen/sepolgeni18n.py
+++ b/python/sepolgen/src/sepolgen/sepolgeni18n.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 
 try: 
     import gettext
-    t = gettext.translation( 'selinux-python' )
+    t = gettext.translation("selinux-python",
+                        localedir="/usr/share/locale",
+                        fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     def _(str):
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy.py b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy.py
index 7ebe0efa..c7a70e09 100755
--- a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy.py
+++ b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py
index 7208234b..9c3caa05 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py
+++ b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/generate.py b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/generate.py
index 67189fc3..3717d5d4 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/generate.py
+++ b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/generate.py
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/gui.py b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/gui.py
index b0263740..5bdbfeba 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/gui.py
+++ b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/gui.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/interface.py b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/interface.py
index 599f97fd..43f86443 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/interface.py
+++ b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/interface.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
diff --git a/sandbox/sandbox b/sandbox/sandbox
index cd5709fb..789621e1 100644
--- a/sandbox/sandbox
+++ b/sandbox/sandbox
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ try:
         kwargs['unicode'] = True
     t = gettext.translation(PROGNAME,
                     localedir="/usr/share/locale",
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs,
+                    fallback=True)
     _ = t.gettext
 except:
     try:
