diff --git a/config/initializers/locale.rb b/config/initializers/locale.rb
index 395a55d68..c6cfa2e51 100644
--- a/config/initializers/locale.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/locale.rb
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
 I18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('config', 'locales', '**', '*.{rb,yml}')]
 I18n.default_locale = DEFAULT_LANGUAGE
+I18n::Backend::Simple.send(:include, I18n::Backend::Fallbacks)