diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/acp.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/acp.c
index b8802ec8a..bf84a2ed6 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/acp.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/acp.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ int _acp_log_level = 1;
 acp_log_func _acp_log_func;
 void *_acp_log_data;
 
+struct spa_i18n *acp_i18n;
+
 #define VOLUME_ACCURACY (PA_VOLUME_NORM/100)  /* don't require volume adjustments to be perfectly correct. don't necessarily extend granularity in software unless the differences get greater than this level */
 
 static const uint32_t channel_table[PA_CHANNEL_POSITION_MAX] = {
diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/compat.h b/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/compat.h
index d6c3c4904..a9580fe07 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/compat.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/compat.h
@@ -586,8 +586,16 @@ static inline char *pa_readlink(const char *p) {
 #endif
 }
 
-#define _(...)	(__VA_ARGS__)
-#define N_(...)	(__VA_ARGS__)
+#include <spa/support/i18n.h>
+
+extern struct spa_i18n *acp_i18n;
+
+#define _(String)  spa_i18n_gettext(acp_i18n, String)
+#ifdef gettext_noop
+#define N_(String) gettext_noop(String)
+#else
+#define N_(String) (String)
+#endif
 
 #include "channelmap.h"
 #include "volume.h"
diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-acp-device.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-acp-device.c
index 7069c7849..a52faa450 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-acp-device.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-acp-device.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <spa/utils/names.h>
 #include <spa/support/loop.h>
 #include <spa/support/plugin.h>
+#include <spa/support/i18n.h>
 #include <spa/monitor/device.h>
 #include <spa/monitor/utils.h>
 #include <spa/monitor/event.h>
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@
 
 #include "acp/acp.h"
 
+extern struct spa_i18n *acp_i18n;
+
 #define NAME  "alsa-device"
 
 #define MAX_POLL	16
@@ -927,6 +930,7 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 
 	this->log = spa_support_find(support, n_support, SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_Log);
 	this->loop = spa_support_find(support, n_support, SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_Loop);
+	acp_i18n = spa_support_find(support, n_support, SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_I18N);
 	if (this->loop == NULL) {
 		spa_log_error(this->log, "a Loop interface is needed");
 		return -EINVAL;