diff --git a/www/core/lang/en.json b/www/core/lang/en.json
index aca559c43df..fdb442296b4 100644
--- a/www/core/lang/en.json
+++ b/www/core/lang/en.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "allparticipants": "All participants",
     "android": "Android",
     "areyousure": "Are you sure?",
+    "back": "Back",
     "cancel": "Cancel",
     "cannotconnect": "Cannot connect: Verify that you have typed correctly the URL and that your site uses Moodle 2.4 or later.",
     "cannotdownloadfiles": "File downloading is disabled in your Mobile service. Please, contact your site administrator.",
diff --git a/www/core/lang/es.json b/www/core/lang/es.json
index 23170125bde..a8dccdddf9f 100644
--- a/www/core/lang/es.json
+++ b/www/core/lang/es.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "allparticipants": "Todos los participantes",
     "android": "Android",
     "areyousure": "¿Està seguro?",
+    "back": "Atrás",
     "cancel": "Cancelar",
     "cannotconnect": "No se puede conectar: Verifique que la URL es correcta y que el sitio Moodle usa la versión 2.4 o posterior.",
     "cannotdownloadfiles": "La descarga de archivos está deshabilitada en su servicio Mobile. Por favor contacte al administrador de su sitio.",
diff --git a/www/core/main.js b/www/core/main.js
index 658069e33d4..c4f4f39217d 100644
--- a/www/core/main.js
+++ b/www/core/main.js
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ angular.module('mm.core', ['pascalprecht.translate'])
     // Use JS scrolling.
     $ionicConfigProvider.scrolling.jsScrolling(true);
 
+    // Translate back button (it's only shown in iOS and browser).
+    if (!ionic.Platform.isAndroid()) {
+        $ionicConfigProvider.backButton.text("{{'mm.core.back' | translate}}");
+    }
+
     // Decorate $ionicPlatform.
     $provide.decorator('$ionicPlatform', ['$delegate', '$window', function($delegate, $window) {
         $delegate.isTablet = function() {