diff --git a/utils/wmlxgettext b/utils/wmlxgettext
index e9653658a303..3b47a1b2aae5 100755
--- a/utils/wmlxgettext
+++ b/utils/wmlxgettext
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ sub read_lua_file {
     next LINE if m/^\s*--/ and not defined $str and not m/--\s*wmlxgettext/;
 
     # change the textdomain
-    if (m/textdomain\s*\(?\s*"([^"]+)"(.*)/) {
-      $curdomain = $1;
+    if (m/textdomain\s*\(?\s*(["'])([^"]+)\g1(.*)/) {
+      $curdomain = $2;
 
       # process rest of the line
-      $_ = $2 . "\n";
+      $_ = $3 . "\n";
       redo LINE;
     }