diff --git a/conf/locale/babel_mako.cfg b/conf/locale/babel_mako.cfg
index 613496a1e6..d009a4ee4c 100644
--- a/conf/locale/babel_mako.cfg
+++ b/conf/locale/babel_mako.cfg
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #   common/djangoapps/APPNAME/templates
 #   lms/templates
 #   lms/djangoapps/APPNAME/templates
+#   openedx/**/templates
 #   common/lib/capa/capa/templates
 #
 # Don't extract from these directory trees:
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ input_encoding = utf-8
 input_encoding = utf-8
 [mako: common/lib/capa/capa/templates/**.html]
 input_encoding = utf-8
+[mako: openedx/**/templates/**.html]
+input_encoding = utf-8
 [mako: themes/**.html]
 input_encoding = utf-8
 [mako: themes/**.txt]