diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
index b230e34631..2288a30691 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
     include AbstractController::Layouts
     include AbstractController::Helpers
     include AbstractController::UrlFor
+    include AbstractController::Translation
 
     helper  ActionMailer::MailHelper