diff --git a/src/bin/elua/main.c b/src/bin/elua/main.c
index 4b8b40fa2f..789ee06a9f 100644
--- a/src/bin/elua/main.c
+++ b/src/bin/elua/main.c
@@ -326,40 +326,6 @@ const luaL_reg cutillib[] =
    { NULL                , NULL                    }
 };
 
-static int
-elua_gettext_bind_textdomain(lua_State *L)
-{
-#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-   const char *textdomain = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
-   const char *dirname    = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
-   const char *ret;
-   if (!textdomain[0] || !strcmp(textdomain, PACKAGE))
-     {
-        lua_pushnil(L);
-        lua_pushliteral(L, "invalid textdomain");
-        return 2;
-     }
-   if (!(ret = bindtextdomain(textdomain, dirname)))
-     {
-        lua_pushnil(L);
-        lua_pushstring(L, strerror(errno));
-        return 2;
-     }
-   bind_textdomain_codeset(textdomain, "UTF-8");
-   lua_pushstring(L, ret);
-   return 1;
-#else
-   lua_pushliteral(L, "");
-   return 1;
-#endif
-}
-
-const luaL_reg gettextlib[] =
-{
-   { "bind_textdomain", elua_gettext_bind_textdomain },
-   { NULL, NULL }
-};
-
 static void
 elua_print_help(const char *pname, FILE *stream)
 {
@@ -413,12 +379,6 @@ elua_main(lua_State *L)
    int    argc = m->argc;
    char **argv = m->argv;
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-   char *(*dgettextp)(const char*, const char*) = dgettext;
-   char *(*dngettextp)(const char*, const char*, const char*, unsigned long)
-      = dngettext;
-#endif
-
    elua_progname = (argv[0] && argv[0][0]) ? argv[0] : "elua";
 
    while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "+LhC:M:A:e:l:I:E", lopt, NULL)) != -1)
@@ -507,14 +467,7 @@ elua_main(lua_State *L)
         m->status = 1;
         return 0;
      }
-   lua_createtable(L, 0, 0);
-   luaL_register(L, NULL, gettextlib);
-#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-   lua_pushlightuserdata(L, *((void**)&dgettextp));
-   lua_setfield(L, -2, "dgettext");
-   lua_pushlightuserdata(L, *((void**)&dngettextp));
-   lua_setfield(L, -2, "dngettext");
-#endif
+   elua_state_setup_i18n(L);
    lua_call(L, 1, 0);
 
    elua_register_cache(L);
diff --git a/src/lib/elua/Elua.h b/src/lib/elua/Elua.h
index 3a284ca7bf..7b8387eae0 100644
--- a/src/lib/elua/Elua.h
+++ b/src/lib/elua/Elua.h
@@ -54,9 +54,15 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #ifdef EFL_BETA_API_SUPPORT
 
+#include <lua.h>
+#include <lualib.h>
+#include <lauxlib.h>
+
 EAPI int elua_init(void);
 EAPI int elua_shutdown(void);
 
+EAPI void elua_state_setup_i18n(lua_State *L);
+
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/lib/elua/elua.c b/src/lib/elua/elua.c
index a8b7715c91..ea23bc6cdc 100644
--- a/src/lib/elua/elua.c
+++ b/src/lib/elua/elua.c
@@ -63,3 +63,55 @@ elua_shutdown(void)
    eina_shutdown();
    return _elua_init_counter;
 }
+
+static int
+_elua_gettext_bind_textdomain(lua_State *L)
+{
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+   const char *textdomain = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+   const char *dirname    = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
+   const char *ret;
+   if (!textdomain[0] || !strcmp(textdomain, PACKAGE))
+     {
+        lua_pushnil(L);
+        lua_pushliteral(L, "invalid textdomain");
+        return 2;
+     }
+   if (!(ret = bindtextdomain(textdomain, dirname)))
+     {
+        lua_pushnil(L);
+        lua_pushstring(L, strerror(errno));
+        return 2;
+     }
+   bind_textdomain_codeset(textdomain, "UTF-8");
+   lua_pushstring(L, ret);
+   return 1;
+#else
+   lua_pushliteral(L, "");
+   return 1;
+#endif
+}
+
+const luaL_reg gettextlib[] =
+{
+   { "bind_textdomain", _elua_gettext_bind_textdomain },
+   { NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+EAPI void
+elua_state_setup_i18n(lua_State *L)
+{
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+   char *(*dgettextp)(const char*, const char*) = dgettext;
+   char *(*dngettextp)(const char*, const char*, const char*, unsigned long)
+      = dngettext;
+#endif
+   lua_createtable(L, 0, 0);
+   luaL_register(L, NULL, gettextlib);
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+   lua_pushlightuserdata(L, *((void**)&dgettextp));
+   lua_setfield(L, -2, "dgettext");
+   lua_pushlightuserdata(L, *((void**)&dngettextp));
+   lua_setfield(L, -2, "dngettext");
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/elua/elua_private.h b/src/lib/elua/elua_private.h
index a4be6fbfff..0e1e9be515 100644
--- a/src/lib/elua/elua_private.h
+++ b/src/lib/elua/elua_private.h
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 #ifndef _ELUA_PRIVATE_H
 #define _ELUA_PRIVATE_H
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+# include <locale.h>
+# include <libintl.h>
+# define _(x) dgettext(PACKAGE, x)
+#else
+# define _(x) (x)
+#endif
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>