diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/MIBreakpointsManager.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/MIBreakpointsManager.java
index 9d8533ff4b1..6e1becf3c95 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/MIBreakpointsManager.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/MIBreakpointsManager.java
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ import org.eclipse.debug.core.IBreakpointManagerListener;
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IBreakpoint;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
 
+import com.ibm.icu.text.MessageFormat;
+
 /**
  * Breakpoint service interface.  The breakpoint service tracks CDT breakpoint
  * objects, and based on those, it manages breakpoints in the debugger back end.
@@ -596,7 +598,8 @@ public class MIBreakpointsManager extends AbstractDsfService implements IBreakpo
 
                     @Override
                     protected void handleError() {
-                        addBreakpointProblemMarker(breakpoint, "Breakpoint attribute problem: installation failed", IMarker.SEVERITY_WARNING); //$NON-NLS-1$
+                    	String description = MessageFormat.format(Messages.Breakpoint_attribute_problem, new Object[] { Messages.Breakpoint_installation_failed });
+                        addBreakpointProblemMarker(breakpoint, description, IMarker.SEVERITY_WARNING);
                         installRM.done();
                     }
                 };
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/Messages.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/Messages.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0daabfffee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/Messages.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Ericsson and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Ericsson - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service;
+
+import org.eclipse.osgi.util.NLS;
+
+/**
+ * Preference strings.
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+class Messages extends NLS {
+	public static String Breakpoint_attribute_problem;
+	public static String Breakpoint_installation_failed;
+	
+	static {
+		// initialize resource bundle
+		NLS.initializeMessages(Messages.class.getName(), Messages.class);
+	}
+
+	private Messages() {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/Messages.properties b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/Messages.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e04b5f77beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/Messages.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2010 Ericsson and others.
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Contributors:
+#   Ericsson - initial API and implementation
+###############################################################################
+
+Breakpoint_attribute_problem=Breakpoint attribute problem: {0}
+Breakpoint_installation_failed=installation failed