diff --git a/lib/krb5/kcm.c b/lib/krb5/kcm.c
index d5f38c5aa..ede115e31 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/kcm.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/kcm.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ kcm_storage_request(krb5_context context,
 
     sp = krb5_storage_emem();
     if (sp == NULL) {
-	krb5_set_error_message(context, KRB5_CC_NOMEM, "malloc: out of memory");
+	krb5_set_error_message(context, KRB5_CC_NOMEM, N_("malloc: out of memory", ""));
 	return KRB5_CC_NOMEM;
     }
 
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ kcm_storage_request(krb5_context context,
     *storage_p = sp;
  fail:
     if (ret) {
-	krb5_set_error_message(context, ret, "Failed to encode request");
+	krb5_set_error_message(context, ret, 
+			       N_("Failed to encode KCM request", "");
 	krb5_storage_free(sp);
     }
    
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ kcm_alloc(krb5_context context, const char *name, krb5_ccache *id)
 
     k = malloc(sizeof(*k));
     if (k == NULL) {
-	krb5_set_error_message(context, KRB5_CC_NOMEM, "malloc: out of memory");
+	krb5_set_error_message(context, KRB5_CC_NOMEM, N_("malloc: out of memory", ""));
 	return KRB5_CC_NOMEM;
     }
 
@@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ kcm_alloc(krb5_context context, const char *name, krb5_ccache *id)
 	k->name = strdup(name);
 	if (k->name == NULL) {
 	    free(k);
-	    krb5_set_error_message(context, KRB5_CC_NOMEM, "malloc: out of memory");
+	    krb5_set_error_message(context, KRB5_CC_NOMEM, 
+				   N_("malloc: out of memory", ""));
 	    return KRB5_CC_NOMEM;
 	}
     } else