diff --git a/data/tools/wmllint b/data/tools/wmllint
index 7c6cef1da920..1710ad0f9b6e 100755
--- a/data/tools/wmllint
+++ b/data/tools/wmllint
@@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ translatables = re.compile( \
                "^tooltip$|" \
                "^translator_comment$|" \
                "^user_team_name$|" \
+               "^variation_name$|" \
                "^type_.[a-z]*$|" \
                "^range_[a-z]*$")