diff --git a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/TaskOrthoViews.cpp b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/TaskOrthoViews.cpp
index 540048965..94c60a771 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/TaskOrthoViews.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/TaskOrthoViews.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ using namespace Gui;
 using namespace DrawingGui;
 using namespace std;
 
+
+#if 0 // needed for Qt's lupdate utility
+    qApp->translate("QObject", "Front");
+    qApp->translate("QObject", "Back");
+    qApp->translate("QObject", "Right");
+    qApp->translate("QObject", "Left");
+    qApp->translate("QObject", "Top");
+    qApp->translate("QObject", "Bottom");
+#endif
 
 int name_to_number(const QString& nme)
 {