diff --git a/frameworks/foundation/mixins/string.js b/frameworks/foundation/mixins/string.js
index 89eb24b960..eb483967fa 100644
--- a/frameworks/foundation/mixins/string.js
+++ b/frameworks/foundation/mixins/string.js
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ SC.String.strip = SC.String.trim; // convenience alias.
 // Apply SC.String mixin to built-in String object
 SC.supplement(String.prototype, SC.String) ;
 
+/** @private */
+String.prototype.loc = SC.String.loc; // Two places define it, and we want the version at SC.String.loc
+
 /** @private */
 SC.String.fmt = String.prototype.fmt; // copy from runtime