diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 379226d..f21beaa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ po/%.po: $(POT_FILE)
 
 $(POT_FILE): $(HTML_FILES) $(GO_FILES)
 	xgettext $(XGETTEXTFLAGS) --language=Scheme --output=$@ --keyword=pgettext:1,2c $(HTML_FILES)
-	xgettext $(XGETTEXTFLAGS) --language=C --output=$@ --join-existing $(GO_FILES)
+	xgettext $(XGETTEXTFLAGS) --language=C --output=$@ --keyword=Gettext:1 --keyword=GettextNoop:1 --join-existing $(GO_FILES)
 
 test-deploy:
 	sqitch deploy --db-name $(PGDATABASE)
diff --git a/pkg/locale/locale.go b/pkg/locale/locale.go
index 7ef458e..5d96797 100644
--- a/pkg/locale/locale.go
+++ b/pkg/locale/locale.go
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ func newLocale(lang availableLanguage) *Locale {
 	}
 }
 
+func (l *Locale) Gettext(str string) string {
+	return l.GetD(l.GetDomain(), str)
+}
+
+func (l *Locale) GettextNoop(str string) string {
+	return str
+}
+
 func Match(r *http.Request, locales Locales, defaultLocale *Locale, matcher language.Matcher) *Locale {
 	var locale *Locale
 	// TODO: find user locale