diff --git a/nymea-app.pro b/nymea-app.pro
index 9eae765c..19e4b6ab 100644
--- a/nymea-app.pro
+++ b/nymea-app.pro
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ INSTALLS += ubuntu_files
 
 # Translations support
 TRANSLATIONS += $$files($$absolute_path(nymea-app)/translations/*.ts, true)
+!equals(OVERLAY_PATH, "") {
+    TRANSLATIONS += $$files($${OVERLAY_PATH}/translations/*ts, true)
+}
 system("lrelease $$TRANSLATIONS")
 lrelease.commands = lrelease $$TRANSLATIONS
 QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += lrelease
diff --git a/nymea-app/main.cpp b/nymea-app/main.cpp
index 1fab0399..7f90a934 100644
--- a/nymea-app/main.cpp
+++ b/nymea-app/main.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
     application.installTranslator(&appTranslator);
 
+#ifdef OVERLAY_PATH
+    QTranslator overlayTranslator;
+    translationResult = overlayTranslator.load(QString("%1-%2").arg(APPLICATION_NAME).arg(QLocale().name()), ":/translations");
+    if (translationResult) {
+        qCDebug(dcApplication()) << "Loaded overlay translation for locale" << QString("%1-%2").arg(APPLICATION_NAME).arg(QLocale().name());
+    } else {
+        qCInfo(dcApplication()) << "Failed to load overlay translations for locale" << QString("%1-%2").arg(APPLICATION_NAME).arg(QLocale().name());
+    }
+    application.installTranslator(&overlayTranslator);
+#endif
+
     registerQmlTypes();
 
     QQmlApplicationEngine *engine = new QQmlApplicationEngine();
@@ -175,7 +186,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     qmlRegisterType<ConfiguredHostsProxyModel>("Nymea", 1, 0, "ConfiguredHostsProxyModel");
     qmlRegisterUncreatableType<ConfiguredHost>("Nymea", 1, 0, "ConfiguredHost", "Get them from ConfiguredHostsModel");
 
-#ifdef OVERLAY_QMLTYPES
+#ifdef OVERLAY_PATH
     registerOverlayTypes("Nymea", 1, 0);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/nymea-app/nymea-app.pro b/nymea-app/nymea-app.pro
index c0b83888..9b31d735 100644
--- a/nymea-app/nymea-app.pro
+++ b/nymea-app/nymea-app.pro
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ linux:!android:!ubports: {
     exists($${OVERLAY_PATH}/src/src.pri) {
         message("Including sources from overlay")
         include($${OVERLAY_PATH}/src/src.pri)
+        DEFINES += OVERLAY_PATH=\\\"$${OVERLAY_PATH}\\\"
         DEFINES += OVERLAY_QMLTYPES=\\\"$${OVERLAY_PATH}/src/qmltypes.h\\\"
     }
 } else {