diff --git a/0001-fix-to-run-with-translations-in-Python-3.patch b/0001-fix-to-run-with-translations-in-Python-3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72de4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-fix-to-run-with-translations-in-Python-3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+From 960089e713b8f9e3fa49c73190f2dc113a7ec1b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:39:41 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] fix to run with translations in Python 3
+
+Defining '_' as 'gettext.gettext' was causing the app to hang
+when run under Python 3 any time a translation was encountered,
+due to a type problem (bytes vs. str). In all files, change the
+_ definition to one Anaconda uses: I tested this works with
+both Python 2 and Python 3.
+---
+ src/install_packages3.py      | 2 +-
+ src/language_backend.py       | 4 +---
+ src/language_gui.py           | 2 +-
+ src/language_tui.py           | 2 +-
+ src/system-config-language.py | 2 +-
+ 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/install_packages3.py b/src/install_packages3.py
+index 65ff093..0d2a2f1 100644
+--- a/src/install_packages3.py
++++ b/src/install_packages3.py
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import os
+ from gi.repository import Gio, GLib
+ 
+ import gettext
+-_ = lambda x: gettext.ldgettext("system-config-language", x)
++_ = lambda x: gettext.translation("system-config-language", fallback=True).gettext(x) if x != "" else ""
+ N_ = lambda x: x
+ 
+ 
+diff --git a/src/language_backend.py b/src/language_backend.py
+index 87fd44e..e45ae27 100644
+--- a/src/language_backend.py
++++ b/src/language_backend.py
+@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import string
+ import os
+ 
+ import gettext
+-gettext.bindtextdomain("system-config-language", "/usr/share/locale")
+-gettext.textdomain("system-config-language")
+-_ = gettext.gettext
++_ = lambda x: gettext.translation("system-config-language", fallback=True).gettext(x) if x != "" else ""
+ 
+ class LanguageBackend(object):
+     def __init__(self):
+diff --git a/src/language_gui.py b/src/language_gui.py
+index 7f7b34d..21c0a2c 100644
+--- a/src/language_gui.py
++++ b/src/language_gui.py
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import install_packages3
+ import string
+ 
+ import gettext
+-_ = lambda x: gettext.ldgettext("system-config-language", x)
++_ = lambda x: gettext.translation("system-config-language", fallback=True).gettext(x) if x != "" else ""
+ N_ = lambda x: x
+ 
+ class ChildWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
+diff --git a/src/language_tui.py b/src/language_tui.py
+index e0a83cf..5275cfd 100644
+--- a/src/language_tui.py
++++ b/src/language_tui.py
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import gettext
+ import string
+ 
+ locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
+-_ = lambda x: gettext.ldgettext("system-config-language", x)
++_ = lambda x: gettext.translation("system-config-language", fallback=True).gettext(x) if x != "" else ""
+ N_ = lambda x: x
+ gettext.bind_textdomain_codeset("system-config-language",
+                                 locale.nl_langinfo(locale.CODESET))
+diff --git a/src/system-config-language.py b/src/system-config-language.py
+index b116474..6259f23 100755
+--- a/src/system-config-language.py
++++ b/src/system-config-language.py
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import getopt
+ import os
+ 
+ import gettext
+-_ = lambda x: gettext.ldgettext("system-config-language", x)
++_ = lambda x: gettext.translation("system-config-language", fallback=True).gettext(x) if x != "" else ""
+ N_ = lambda x: x
+ 
+ class SystemConfigLanguage(object):
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/system-config-language.spec b/system-config-language.spec
index b3d38f8..618d0c1 100644
--- a/system-config-language.spec
+++ b/system-config-language.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 Summary:       A graphical interface for modifying the system language
 Name:          system-config-language
 Version:       3.0.0
-Release:       3%{?dist}
+Release:       4%{?dist}
 URL:           https://fedorahosted.org/system-config-language/
 Source0:       https://fedorahosted.org/releases/s/y/system-config-language/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+# Fix app to run under Python 3 with translations: RHBZ #1254775
+Patch0:        0001-fix-to-run-with-translations-in-Python-3.patch
 License:       GPLv2+
 
 BuildArch:     noarch
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ allows the user to change the default language of the system.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .py3-trans
 sed -i "23 i gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')" src/language_gui.py
 sed -i "23 i import gi" src/language_gui.py
 
@@ -75,7 +78,8 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/actions/org.fedoraproject.config.language.policy
 
 %changelog
-* Tue Aug 18 2015 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+* Tue Aug 18 2015 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 3.0.0-4
+- fix running under Python 3 with translations (RHBZ #1254775)
 - fix package dependencies: add python3-dnf, drop pygtk2 and gtk3
 
 * Mon Aug 17 2015 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 3.0.0-3