diff --git a/src/Terminal.ts b/src/Terminal.ts
index 4eafc7a0..48d00b2b 100644
--- a/src/Terminal.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_ANSI_COLORS } from './renderer/ColorManager';
 import { MouseZoneManager } from './input/MouseZoneManager';
 import { AccessibilityManager } from './AccessibilityManager';
 import { ScreenDprMonitor } from './utils/ScreenDprMonitor';
-import { ITheme } from 'xterm';
+import { ITheme, ILocalizableStrings } from 'xterm';
 
 // Let it work inside Node.js for automated testing purposes.
 const document = (typeof window !== 'undefined') ? window.document : null;
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
     return this.buffers.active;
   }
 
+  public static get strings(): ILocalizableStrings {
+    return Strings;
+  }
+
   /**
    * back_color_erase feature for xterm.
    */
diff --git a/src/utils/TestUtils.test.ts b/src/utils/TestUtils.test.ts
index dd912676..0c79e98f 100644
--- a/src/utils/TestUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/TestUtils.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import * as Browser from '../shared/utils/Browser';
 import { ITheme, IDisposable } from 'xterm';
 
 export class MockTerminal implements ITerminal {
+  static string: any;
   getOption(key: any): any {
     throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
   }
diff --git a/typings/xterm.d.ts b/typings/xterm.d.ts
index c48c814b..ea39ffcd 100644
--- a/typings/xterm.d.ts
+++ b/typings/xterm.d.ts
@@ -207,12 +207,18 @@ declare module 'xterm' {
   }
 
   /**
-   * An object that can be disposed via a dipose function.
+   * An object that can be disposed via a dispose function.
    */
   export interface IDisposable {
     dispose(): void;
   }
 
+  export interface ILocalizableStrings {
+    blankLine: string;
+    promptLabel: string;
+    tooMuchOutput: string;
+  }
+
   /**
    * The class that represents an xterm.js terminal.
    */
@@ -237,6 +243,11 @@ declare module 'xterm' {
      */
     cols: number;
 
+    /**
+     * Natural language strings that can be localized.
+     */
+    static strings: ILocalizableStrings;
+
     /**
      * Creates a new `Terminal` object.
      *