diff --git a/inc/afterburner/namespace.php b/inc/afterburner/namespace.php
index edc2d175..18f9ee8c 100644
--- a/inc/afterburner/namespace.php
+++ b/inc/afterburner/namespace.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 function bootstrap() : void {
 	add_filter( 'qm/outputter/html', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\register_qm_output_html' );
+	add_filter( 'pre_load_textdomain', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\pre_load_textdomain', 10, 4 );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -26,3 +27,53 @@ function register_qm_output_html( array $output ) : array {
 
 	return $output;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Short-circuit load_textdomain to make sure Afterburner's MO is used.
+ *
+ * @param bool|null $load Return non-null to short-circuit.
+ * @param string $domain The text domain being loaded.
+ * @param string $mofile The path the the .mo file being loaded.
+ * @param string|null $locale The local being loaded.
+ *
+ * @return null|bool True if loaded successfully, false if could not load, null to continue core's routine.
+ */
+function pre_load_textdomain( $load, $domain, $mofile, $locale ) {
+	global $wp_textdomain_registry, $l10n;
+
+	if ( version_compare( $GLOBALS['wp_version'], '6.5.0', '<' ) ) {
+		return $load;
+	}
+
+	if ( (bool) apply_filters( 'override_load_textdomain', false, $domain, $mofile, $locale ) ) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	do_action( 'load_textdomain', $domain, $mofile );
+
+	$mofile = apply_filters( 'load_textdomain_mofile', $mofile, $domain );
+
+	if ( ! is_readable( $mofile ) ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if ( ! $locale ) {
+		$locale = determine_locale();
+	}
+
+	$mo = new \MO();
+	if ( ! $mo->import_from_file( $mofile ) ) {
+		$wp_textdomain_registry->set( $domain, $locale, false );
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if ( isset( $l10n[ $domain ] ) ) {
+		$mo->merge_with( $l10n[ $domain ] );
+	}
+
+	$l10n[ $domain ] = &$mo;
+	$wp_textdomain_registry->set( $domain, $locale, dirname( $mofile ) );
+	return true;
+}
+