diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5784962068..5cc3d2054c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -535,7 +535,8 @@ MANPAGES = \
 	man/sd_journal_get_usage.3 \
 	man/sd_journal_add_match.3 \
 	man/sd_journal_seek_head.3 \
-	man/sd_journal_query_unique.3
+	man/sd_journal_query_unique.3 \
+	man/sd_journal_get_catalog.3
 
 MANPAGES_ALIAS = \
 	man/reboot.8 \
@@ -610,7 +611,8 @@ MANPAGES_ALIAS = \
 	man/sd_journal_test_cursor.3 \
 	man/sd_journal_enumerate_unique.3 \
 	man/sd_journal_restart_unique.3 \
-	man/SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE.3
+	man/SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE.3 \
+	man/sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id.3
 
 if HAVE_KMOD
 MANPAGES += \
@@ -694,6 +696,7 @@ man/sd_journal_test_cursor.3: man/sd_journal_get_cursor.3
 man/sd_journal_enumerate_unique.3: man/sd_journal_query_unique.3
 man/sd_journal_restart_unique.3: man/sd_journal_query_unique.3
 man/SD_JOURNAL_FOREACH_UNIQUE.3: man/sd_journal_query_unique.3
+man/sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id.3: man/sd_journal_get_catalog.3
 
 XML_FILES = \
 	${patsubst %.1,%.xml,${patsubst %.3,%.xml,${patsubst %.5,%.xml,${patsubst %.7,%.xml,${patsubst %.8,%.xml,$(MANPAGES)}}}}}
diff --git a/man/sd-journal.xml b/man/sd-journal.xml
index 1beb9a5c7d..a7220ec6bc 100644
--- a/man/sd-journal.xml
+++ b/man/sd-journal.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_seek_head</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_cursor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_cutoff_realtime_usec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_usage</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_usage</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_catalog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 and
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 for more information about the functions
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_usage</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_query_unique</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_catalog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
diff --git a/man/sd_journal_get_catalog.xml b/man/sd_journal_get_catalog.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa9bbc9b2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/sd_journal_get_catalog.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+  This file is part of systemd.
+
+  Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
+
+  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sd_journal_get_catalog">
+
+        <refentryinfo>
+                <title>sd_journal_get_catalog</title>
+                <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+                <authorgroup>
+                        <author>
+                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
+                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+                        </author>
+                </authorgroup>
+        </refentryinfo>
+
+        <refmeta>
+                <refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_catalog</refentrytitle>
+                <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+        </refmeta>
+
+        <refnamediv>
+                <refname>sd_journal_get_catalog</refname>
+                <refname>sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id</refname>
+                <refpurpose>Retrieve message catalog entry</refpurpose>
+        </refnamediv>
+
+        <refsynopsisdiv>
+                <funcsynopsis>
+                        <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-journal.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+
+                        <funcprototype>
+                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_catalog</function></funcdef>
+                                <paramdef>sd_journal* <parameter>j</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char** <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+                        </funcprototype>
+
+                        <funcprototype>
+                                <funcdef>int <function>sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id</function></funcdef>
+                                <paramdef>sd_id128_t <parameter>id</parameter></paramdef>
+                                <paramdef>const char** <parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+                        </funcprototype>
+
+
+                </funcsynopsis>
+        </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Description</title>
+
+                <para><function>sd_journal_get_catalog()</function>
+                retrieves a message catalog entry for the current
+                journal entry. This will look up an entry in the
+                message catalog by using the
+                <literal>MESSAGE_ID=</literal> field of the current
+                journal entry. Before returning the entry all journal
+                field names in the catalog entry text enclosed in "@"
+                will be replaced by the respective field values of the
+                current entry. If a field name referenced in the
+                message catalog entry does not exist it the current
+                journal entry the "@" will be removed but the field
+                name otherwise left untouched.</para>
+
+                <para><function>sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id()</function>
+                works similar to
+                <function>sd_journal_get_catalog()</function> but the
+                entry is looked up by the specified message ID (no
+                open journal context is necessary for this), and no
+                field substitution is done.</para>
+
+                <para>For more information about the journal message
+                catalog please refer to the <ulink
+                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog">Journal
+                Message Catalogs</ulink> documentation page.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Return Value</title>
+
+                <para><function>sd_journal_get_catalog()</function>
+                and
+                <function>sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id()</function>
+                returns 0 on success or a negative errno-style error
+                code. If no matching message catalog entry is found
+                -ENOENT is returned.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Notes</title>
+
+                <para>The <function>sd_journal_get_catalog()</function> and
+                <function>sd_journal_get_catalog_for_message_id()</function>
+                interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+                be compiled and linked to with the
+                <literal>libsystemd-journal</literal>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                file.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>See Also</title>
+
+                <para>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.journal-fields</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_next</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_journal_get_data</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                </para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>