diff --git a/frontend/gettext.lua b/frontend/gettext.lua
index 5fdef9306..e2359fcf0 100644
--- a/frontend/gettext.lua
+++ b/frontend/gettext.lua
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ function GetText_mt.__index.changeLang(new_lang)
     end
 
     local data = {}
+    local fuzzy = false
     local headers
     local what = nil
     while true do
@@ -257,13 +258,18 @@ function GetText_mt.__index.changeLang(new_lang)
                     -- string continuation
                     s = line:match("^%s*\"(.*)\"%s*$")
                 end
-                if what and s then
+                if what and s and not fuzzy then
                     -- unescape \n or msgid won't match
                     s = s:gsub("\\n", "\n")
                     -- unescape " or msgid won't match
                     s = s:gsub('\\"', '"')
                     data[what] = (data[what] or "") .. s
+                else
+                    -- Don't save this fuzzy string and unset fuzzy for the next one.
+                    fuzzy = false
                 end
+            elseif line:match("#, fuzzy") then
+                fuzzy = true
             end
         end
     end
diff --git a/spec/unit/gettext_spec.lua b/spec/unit/gettext_spec.lua
index 6d699383c..bec1d4eb6 100644
--- a/spec/unit/gettext_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/unit/gettext_spec.lua
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ msgstr[2] "Pagina's context 2 plural 2"
 msgstr[3] ""
 msgstr[4] ""
 msgstr[5] ""
+
+#: frontend/ui/data/css_tweaks.lua:50
+#, fuzzy
+msgid "Fuzzy"
+msgstr "Fuzzy translated"
 ]]
 
 describe("GetText module", function()
@@ -210,6 +215,9 @@ describe("GetText module", function()
 
     describe("language with standard plurals", function()
         GetText.changeLang("nl_NL")
+        it("gettext should ignore fuzzy strings", function()
+            assert.is_equal("Fuzzy", GetText("Fuzzy"))
+        end)
         it("gettext should translate multiline string", function()
             assert.is_equal("\nbericht", GetText("\nmessage"))
         end)
@@ -232,6 +240,9 @@ describe("GetText module", function()
 
     describe("language with simple plurals n > 2", function()
         GetText.changeLang("simple")
+        it("gettext should ignore fuzzy strings", function()
+            assert.is_equal("Fuzzy", GetText("Fuzzy"))
+        end)
         it("gettext should translate multiline string", function()
             assert.is_equal("\nbericht", GetText("\nmessage"))
         end)
@@ -256,6 +267,9 @@ describe("GetText module", function()
 
     describe("language with no plurals", function()
         GetText.changeLang("none")
+        it("gettext should ignore fuzzy strings", function()
+            assert.is_equal("Fuzzy", GetText("Fuzzy"))
+        end)
         it("gettext should translate multiline string", function()
             assert.is_equal("\nbericht", GetText("\nmessage"))
         end)
@@ -280,6 +294,9 @@ describe("GetText module", function()
 
     describe("language with complex plurals (Arabic)", function()
         GetText.changeLang("ar")
+        it("gettext should ignore fuzzy strings", function()
+            assert.is_equal("Fuzzy", GetText("Fuzzy"))
+        end)
         it("gettext should translate multiline string", function()
             assert.is_equal("\nbericht", GetText("\nmessage"))
         end)
@@ -306,6 +323,9 @@ describe("GetText module", function()
 
     describe("language with complex plurals (Russian)", function()
         GetText.changeLang("ru")
+        it("gettext should ignore fuzzy strings", function()
+            assert.is_equal("Fuzzy", GetText("Fuzzy"))
+        end)
         it("gettext should translate multiline string", function()
             assert.is_equal("\nbericht", GetText("\nmessage"))
         end)
@@ -332,6 +352,9 @@ describe("GetText module", function()
     -- to follow, so there we focus on algorithm correctness.
     describe("language with many plurals", function()
         GetText.changeLang("many")
+        it("gettext should ignore fuzzy strings", function()
+            assert.is_equal("Fuzzy", GetText("Fuzzy"))
+        end)
         it("gettext should translate multiline string", function()
             assert.is_equal("\nbericht", GetText("\nmessage"))
         end)