diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Role/Object.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Role/Object.pm
index cd465cbf3..2343f5d63 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Role/Object.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Role/Object.pm
@@ -126,6 +126,20 @@ calling subroutines for values.
 Each subroutine is invoked as a method of the object, and is passed the entire set of
 form properties and the name of the property.
 
+i18n is allowed in the label, subtext and hoverHelp options, and is specified by passing
+an array reference.
+
+    label => [ 'key', 'namespace' ],
+
+If the array reference has more than two elements, getFormProperties will pass the retrieved
+i18n key to sprintf, with the extra elements as arguments.
+
+    label => [ 'key', 'namespace', 'extra' ],
+
+becomes
+
+    label => sprintf($i18n->get('label', 'namespace'), 'extra'),
+
 =head3 $name
 
 The name of the property to return.
@@ -139,7 +153,12 @@ sub getFormProperties {
     PROPERTY: while (my ($property_name, $property_value) = each %{ $form }) {
         next PROPERTY unless ref $property_value;
         if (($property_name eq 'label' || $property_name eq 'hoverHelp' || $property_name eq 'subtext') and ref $property_value eq 'ARRAY') {
-            $form->{$property_name} = WebGUI::International->new($self->session)->get(@{$property_value});
+            my ($label, $namespace, @arguments) = @{ $property_value };
+            my $text = WebGUI::International->new($self->session)->get($label, $namespace);
+            if (@arguments) {
+                $text = sprintf $text, @arguments;
+            }
+            $form->{$property_name} =  $text;
         }
         elsif (ref $property_value eq 'CODE') {
             $form->{$property_name} = $self->$property_value($property, $property_name);
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/WebGUI.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/WebGUI.pm
index 9dff73b0e..246567ba3 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/WebGUI.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/WebGUI.pm
@@ -3587,7 +3587,13 @@ LongTruncOk=1</p>
 	'webgui' => {
 		message => q|WebGUI|,
 		lastUpdated => 1141963573,
-		context => q|Test key for International macro test.  DO NOT TRANSLATE|,
+		context => q|Test key for International macro test.  DO NOT TRANSLATE OR DELETE|,
+	},
+
+	'webgui help %s' => {
+		message => q|webgui help %s|,
+		lastUpdated => 1266003122,
+		context => q|Test key for Definition::Role::Object.  DO NOT TRANSLATE OR DELETE|,
 	},
 
 	'pages' => {
diff --git a/t/Definition.t b/t/Definition.t
index 2e592a0b0..b697a1d29 100644
--- a/t/Definition.t
+++ b/t/Definition.t
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ my $called_getProperties;
     aspect 'aspect1' => 'aspect1 value';
     property  'property1' => (
         label     => ['webgui', 'WebGUI'],
+        hoverHelp => ['webgui help %s', 'WebGUI', 'extra'],
         options   => \&property1_options,
         named_url => \&named_url,
     );
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ my $called_getProperties;
         $object->getFormProperties('property1'),
         {
             label     => 'WebGUI',
+            hoverHelp => 'webgui help extra',
             options   => { one => 1, two => 2, three => 3 },
             named_url => 'property1',
         },