diff --git a/helpdesk/forms.py b/helpdesk/forms.py
index 0f8219e6..ed0993c0 100644
--- a/helpdesk/forms.py
+++ b/helpdesk/forms.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from django import forms
 from django.forms import extras
 from django.core.files.storage import default_storage
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 try:
     from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
     User = get_user_model()