diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index fae4e9c5091..621cfb91ac5 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Bundle-Name: Generic UI components related to BND
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse.org
 Bundle-Version: 1.2.200.qualifier
+Bundle-Localization: plugin
 Export-Package: org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui.autocomplete;version="1.0.0";x-friends:="org.eclipse.pde.ui",
  org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui.plugins;x-internal:=true,
  org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui.preferences;version="1.0.0";x-friends:="org.eclipse.pde.ui",
diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/build.properties b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/build.properties
index 7d1457220ee..7281ff6bd45 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/build.properties
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/build.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ output.. = bin/
 bin.includes = META-INF/,\
                .,\
                icons/,\
+               plugin.properties,\
                plugin.xml,\
                about.html,\
                OSGI-INF/
diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/plugin.properties b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/plugin.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12b174969a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/plugin.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
+#
+# This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+#
+# Contributors:
+#     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+#     Christoph Rueger <chrisrueger@gmail.com> - ongoing enhancements
+###############################################################################
+
+#pde.bnd view related
+views.category.name = OSGi
+osgi.views.repositories.name = Bundle Repositories
+osgi.views.resolution.name = OSGi Resolution
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/plugin.xml b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/plugin.xml
index 8b94fec7c63..ce451a32744 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
       </propertyTester>
    </extension>
    <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.views">
-		<category id="pde.bnd.ui.viewCategory" name="OSGi"></category>
+		<category id="pde.bnd.ui.viewCategory" name="%views.category.name"></category>
 		<view category="pde.bnd.ui.viewCategory"
 			class="org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui.views.repository.RepositoriesView"
 			icon="icons/database.png" id="pde.bnd.ui.repositoriesView"
-			name="Bundle Repositories" restorable="true">
+			name="%osgi.views.repositories.name" restorable="true">
 		</view>
 		
 		<view category="pde.bnd.ui.viewCategory"
 			class="org.eclipse.pde.bnd.ui.views.resolution.ResolutionView"
-			icon="icons/webresources16.svg" id="pde.bnd.ui.impExpView" name="OSGi Resolution"
+			icon="icons/webresources16.svg" id="pde.bnd.ui.impExpView" name="%osgi.views.resolution.name"
 			restorable="true">
 		</view>
    </extension>