diff --git a/src/ui/index.js b/src/ui/index.js
index 568ba449e9a39a..0de674878ed18c 100644
--- a/src/ui/index.js
+++ b/src/ui/index.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export default async (kbnServer, server, config) => {
 
   async function getKibanaPayload({ app, request, includeUserProvidedConfig }) {
     const uiSettings = server.uiSettings();
+    const translations = await uiI18n.getTranslationsForRequest(request);
 
     return {
       app: app,
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ export default async (kbnServer, server, config) => {
       basePath: config.get('server.basePath'),
       serverName: config.get('server.name'),
       devMode: config.get('env.dev'),
+      translations: translations,
       uiSettings: await props({
         defaults: uiSettings.getDefaults(),
         user: includeUserProvidedConfig && uiSettings.getUserProvided(request)
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/translations.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/translations.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3d4eec178bfa3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/translations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export default function (chrome, internals) {
+  chrome.getTranslations = function () {
+    return internals.translations || [];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
index 394a187e38f869..cb61585e5ffd2e 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ angularApi(chrome, internals);
 controlsApi(chrome, internals);
 templateApi(chrome, internals);
 themeApi(chrome, internals);
+require('./api/translations')(chrome, internals);
 
 chrome.bootstrap = function () {
   chrome.setupAngular();