diff --git a/applets/icon/CMakeLists.txt b/applets/icon/CMakeLists.txt
index d6b83124f..b5c65a7bf 100644
--- a/applets/icon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/applets/icon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
+add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"plasma_applet_org.kde.plasma.icon\")
+
 set(iconapplet_SRCS
     iconapplet.cpp
 )
 
 add_library(plasma_applet_icon MODULE ${iconapplet_SRCS})
 
 kcoreaddons_desktop_to_json(plasma_applet_icon package/metadata.desktop)
 
 target_link_libraries(plasma_applet_icon
                       KF5::I18n
                       KF5::KIOCore # for OpenFileManagerWindowJob
                       KF5::KIOWidgets # for KRun
                       KF5::Plasma)
 
 install(TARGETS plasma_applet_icon DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}/plasma/applets)
 
 plasma_install_package(package org.kde.plasma.icon)