diff --git a/libobs/obs-internal.h b/libobs/obs-internal.h
index c6fd25e7ed69fd244878901fea6df11a8fa4dda1..80226df610f006a8eee1892e1d4f6d666c524c05 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-internal.h
+++ b/libobs/obs-internal.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct draw_callback {
 struct obs_module {
 	char *name;
 	void *module;
+	void (*set_locale)(const char *locale);
 };
 
 extern void free_module(struct obs_module *mod);
diff --git a/libobs/obs-module.c b/libobs/obs-module.c
index f081fbcddb70f31110b895c06b5f37fd644d2e04..a94d84d0ca5f2a447f0efcdcedf2b0fdd9404881 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-module.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-module.c
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ int obs_load_module(const char *path)
 		return errorcode;
 	}
 
-	mod.name = bstrdup(path);
+	mod.name       = bstrdup(path);
+	mod.set_locale = os_dlsym(mod.module, "obs_module_set_locale");
+
+	if (mod.set_locale)
+		mod.set_locale(obs->locale);
+
 	da_push_back(obs->modules, &mod);
 	return MODULE_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/libobs/obs-module.h b/libobs/obs-module.h
index 61b7c6269457ee787af565e48d450c8d64f77bc8..9fc899ae2acde6823b39e16baf20567decfca5de 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-module.h
+++ b/libobs/obs-module.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ MODULE_EXPORT bool obs_module_load(uint32_t libobs_version);
 /** Optional: Called when the module is unloaded.  */
 MODULE_EXPORT void obs_module_unload(void);
 
+/** Called to set the current locale data for the module.  */
+MODULE_EXPORT void obs_module_set_locale(const char *locale);
+
 /**
  * Optional: Declares the author(s) of the module
  *
@@ -59,9 +62,5 @@ MODULE_EXPORT void obs_module_unload(void);
 	MODULE_EXPORT const char *obs_module_author(void); \
 	const char *obs_module_author(void) {return name;}
 
-/**
- * Optional: Declares the author of the module
- *
- * @param locale Locale to look up the description for.
- */
-MODULE_EXPORT const char *obs_module_description(const char *locale);
+/** Optional: Returns a description of the module */
+MODULE_EXPORT const char *obs_module_description(void);
diff --git a/libobs/obs.c b/libobs/obs.c
index c0d4f4ff99e2757fefcedbbdbaafc7ab02ce90c2..35ffd71a3e577c80e0569a45846dbd56e0ecc45e 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.c
+++ b/libobs/obs.c
@@ -578,6 +578,13 @@ void obs_set_locale(const char *locale)
 	if (obs->locale)
 		bfree(obs->locale);
 	obs->locale = bstrdup(locale);
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < obs->modules.num; i++) {
+		struct obs_module *module = obs->modules.array+i;
+
+		if (module->set_locale)
+			module->set_locale(locale);
+	}
 }
 
 const char *obs_get_locale(void)