diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Locale/Localization.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Locale/Localization.php
index 7596797ade510837fbdcb6d46328831d1166d476..785bce522a6f71ae6f0a8a06db50817f62c5a4d1 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Locale/Localization.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Locale/Localization.php
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ class Localization
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * @return \GetText\Translator
+     */
+    public function getTranslator(): Translator
+    {
+        return $this->translator;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Dump the default locale directory
      *