diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 409f530d0b..ab0e8f3137 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -777,6 +777,18 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine()
     mEnvironment.setWorldModel(mWorld->getWorldModel());
     mEnvironment.setWorldScene(mWorld->getWorldScene());
 
+    const MWWorld::Store<ESM::GameSetting>* gmst = &mWorld->getStore().get<ESM::GameSetting>();
+    mL10nManager->setGmstLoader([gmst](std::string_view gmstName) {
+        const ESM::GameSetting* res = gmst->search(gmstName);
+        if (res && res->mValue.getType() == ESM::VT_String)
+            return res->mValue.getString();
+        else
+        {
+            Log(Debug::Error) << "GMST " << gmstName << " not found";
+            return std::string("GMST:") + std::string(gmstName);
+        }
+    });
+
     mWindowManager->setStore(mWorld->getStore());
     mWindowManager->initUI();
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_l10n.cpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_l10n.cpp
index 79f126df86..835492f13c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_l10n.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_l10n.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ you_have_arrows: "Arrows count: {count}"
         internal::CaptureStdout();
         l10n::Manager l10nManager(mVFS.get());
         l10nManager.setPreferredLocales({ "de", "en" });
-        EXPECT_THAT(internal::GetCapturedStdout(), "Preferred locales: de en\n");
+        EXPECT_THAT(internal::GetCapturedStdout(), "Preferred locales: gmst de en\n");
 
         l["l10n"] = LuaUtil::initL10nLoader(l, &l10nManager);
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ you_have_arrows: "Arrows count: {count}"
         internal::CaptureStdout();
         l10nManager.setPreferredLocales({ "en", "de" });
         EXPECT_THAT(internal::GetCapturedStdout(),
-            "Preferred locales: en de\n"
+            "Preferred locales: gmst en de\n"
             "Language file \"l10n/Test1/en.yaml\" is enabled\n"
             "Language file \"l10n/Test1/de.yaml\" is enabled\n"
             "Language file \"l10n/Test2/en.yaml\" is enabled\n");
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ you_have_arrows: "Arrows count: {count}"
         internal::CaptureStdout();
         l10nManager.setPreferredLocales({ "en-GB-oed", "de" });
         EXPECT_THAT(internal::GetCapturedStdout(),
-            "Preferred locales: en_GB_OED de\n"
+            "Preferred locales: gmst en_GB_OED de\n"
             "Language file \"l10n/Test1/en.yaml\" is enabled\n"
             "Language file \"l10n/Test1/de.yaml\" is enabled\n"
             "Language file \"l10n/Test2/en.yaml\" is enabled\n");
diff --git a/components/l10n/manager.cpp b/components/l10n/manager.cpp
index 3b6db4f774..333f1205c3 100644
--- a/components/l10n/manager.cpp
+++ b/components/l10n/manager.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace l10n
     void Manager::setPreferredLocales(const std::vector<std::string>& langs)
     {
         mPreferredLocales.clear();
+        mPreferredLocales.push_back(icu::Locale("gmst"));
         std::set<std::string> langSet;
         for (const auto& lang : langs)
         {
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ namespace l10n
             throw std::runtime_error(std::string("Invalid l10n context name: ") + contextName);
         icu::Locale fallbackLocale(fallbackLocaleName.c_str());
         std::shared_ptr<MessageBundles> ctx = std::make_shared<MessageBundles>(mPreferredLocales, fallbackLocale);
+        ctx->setGmstLoader(mGmstLoader);
         updateContext(contextName, *ctx);
         mCache.emplace(key, ctx);
         return ctx;
diff --git a/components/l10n/manager.hpp b/components/l10n/manager.hpp
index a75ccb3f9b..272009b68e 100644
--- a/components/l10n/manager.hpp
+++ b/components/l10n/manager.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace l10n
         void dropCache() { mCache.clear(); }
         void setPreferredLocales(const std::vector<std::string>& locales);
         const std::vector<icu::Locale>& getPreferredLocales() const { return mPreferredLocales; }
+        void setGmstLoader(std::function<std::string(std::string_view)> fn) { mGmstLoader = std::move(fn); }
 
         std::shared_ptr<const MessageBundles> getContext(
             const std::string& contextName, const std::string& fallbackLocale = "en");
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ namespace l10n
         const VFS::Manager* mVFS;
         std::vector<icu::Locale> mPreferredLocales;
         std::map<std::pair<std::string, std::string>, std::shared_ptr<MessageBundles>> mCache;
+        std::function<std::string(std::string_view)> mGmstLoader;
     };
 
 }
diff --git a/components/l10n/messagebundles.cpp b/components/l10n/messagebundles.cpp
index 75f0c325fe..4656116487 100644
--- a/components/l10n/messagebundles.cpp
+++ b/components/l10n/messagebundles.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ namespace l10n
         {
             YAML::Node data = YAML::Load(input);
             std::string localeName = lang.getName();
+            const icu::Locale& langOrEn = localeName == "gmst" ? icu::Locale::getEnglish() : lang;
             for (const auto& it : data)
             {
                 const auto key = it.first.as<std::string>();
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ namespace l10n
                 icu::UnicodeString pattern = icu::UnicodeString::fromUTF8(icu::StringPiece(value.data(), value.size()));
                 icu::ErrorCode status;
                 UParseError parseError;
-                icu::MessageFormat message(pattern, lang, parseError, status);
+                icu::MessageFormat message(pattern, langOrEn, parseError, status);
                 if (checkSuccess(status,
                         std::string("Failed to create message ") + key + " for locale " + lang.getName(), parseError))
                 {
@@ -120,6 +121,20 @@ namespace l10n
         return formatMessage(key, argNames, argValues);
     }
 
+    static std::string loadGmst(
+        const std::function<std::string(std::string_view)> gmstLoader, const icu::MessageFormat* message)
+    {
+        icu::UnicodeString gmstNameUnicode;
+        std::string gmstName;
+        icu::ErrorCode success;
+        message->format(nullptr, nullptr, 0, gmstNameUnicode, success);
+        gmstNameUnicode.toUTF8String(gmstName);
+        if (gmstLoader)
+            return gmstLoader(gmstName);
+        else
+            return "GMST:" + gmstName;
+    }
+
     std::string MessageBundles::formatMessage(std::string_view key, const std::vector<icu::UnicodeString>& argNames,
         const std::vector<icu::Formattable>& args) const
     {
@@ -132,7 +147,11 @@ namespace l10n
         {
             message = findMessage(key, loc);
             if (message)
+            {
+                if (loc == "gmst")
+                    return loadGmst(mGmstLoader, message);
                 break;
+            }
         }
         // If no requested locales included the message, try the fallback locale
         if (!message)
diff --git a/components/l10n/messagebundles.hpp b/components/l10n/messagebundles.hpp
index d25000d8ab..f3e8f9db19 100644
--- a/components/l10n/messagebundles.hpp
+++ b/components/l10n/messagebundles.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef COMPONENTS_L10N_MESSAGEBUNDLES_H
 #define COMPONENTS_L10N_MESSAGEBUNDLES_H
 
+#include <functional>
 #include <map>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <unordered_map>
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ namespace l10n
         void load(std::istream& input, const icu::Locale& lang, const std::string& path);
         bool isLoaded(const icu::Locale& loc) const { return mBundles.find(loc.getName()) != mBundles.end(); }
         const icu::Locale& getFallbackLocale() const { return mFallbackLocale; }
+        void setGmstLoader(std::function<std::string(std::string_view)> fn) { mGmstLoader = std::move(fn); }
 
     private:
         // icu::Locale isn't hashable (or comparable), so we use the string form instead, which is canonicalized
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ namespace l10n
         const icu::Locale mFallbackLocale;
         std::vector<std::string> mPreferredLocaleStrings;
         std::vector<icu::Locale> mPreferredLocales;
+        std::function<std::string(std::string_view)> mGmstLoader;
         const icu::MessageFormat* findMessage(std::string_view key, const std::string& localeName) const;
     };