diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 099f241e575586..22bed55255deb8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "lint:fix": "eslint $npm_package_config_jsfiles --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@wordpress/i18n": "^1.1.0",
     "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "^3.1.0",
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
     "jed": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 74e885c5722bec..719de0a488ffd2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@
   version "2.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@wordpress/browserslist-config/-/browserslist-config-2.1.3.tgz#3224c58f8bbec9d9fd88079c6ed31947080e6c57"
 
+"@wordpress/i18n@^1.1.0":
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@wordpress/i18n/-/i18n-1.1.0.tgz#05ccae6eb220197a759fbbe4e94b010aa69f19fe"
+  dependencies:
+    gettext-parser "^1.3.1"
+    jed "^1.1.1"
+    lodash "^4.17.5"
+    memize "^1.0.5"
+
 abab@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abab/-/abab-1.0.4.tgz#5faad9c2c07f60dd76770f71cf025b62a63cfd4e"
@@ -2216,7 +2225,7 @@ encodeurl@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-1.0.2.tgz#ad3ff4c86ec2d029322f5a02c3a9a606c95b3f59"
 
-encoding@^0.1.11:
+encoding@^0.1.11, encoding@^0.1.12:
   version "0.1.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/encoding/-/encoding-0.1.12.tgz#538b66f3ee62cd1ab51ec323829d1f9480c74beb"
   dependencies:
@@ -2943,6 +2952,13 @@ getpass@^0.1.1:
   dependencies:
     assert-plus "^1.0.0"
 
+gettext-parser@^1.3.1:
+  version "1.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gettext-parser/-/gettext-parser-1.3.1.tgz#74b7a99e4b5fa8daab11fa515e8a582480448a12"
+  dependencies:
+    encoding "^0.1.12"
+    safe-buffer "^5.1.1"
+
 glob-base@^0.3.0:
   version "0.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob-base/-/glob-base-0.3.0.tgz#dbb164f6221b1c0b1ccf82aea328b497df0ea3c4"