diff --git a/tools/msvs/msi/WixUI_en-us.wxl b/tools/msvs/msi/WixUI_en-us.wxl
deleted file mode 100644
index 519024c727780d..00000000000000
--- a/tools/msvs/msi/WixUI_en-us.wxl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<WixLocalization Culture="en-us" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization">
-    <String Id="WelcomeDlgDescription">The Setup Wizard will install [ProductName] on your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WARNING: if you're upgrading from io.js v1.0.0 or v1.0.1, you must first uninstall these versions manually.</String>
-    <String Id="InstallDirDlgDescription">Choose a custom location or click Next to install.</String>
-</WixLocalization>
diff --git a/tools/msvs/msi/i18n/de-de.wxl b/tools/msvs/msi/i18n/de-de.wxl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8477419952028f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/msvs/msi/i18n/de-de.wxl
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<WixLocalization Culture="de-de" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization">
+    <!-- See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664.aspx -->
+    <String Id="LocaleId">1031</String>
+
+    <String Id="WelcomeDlgDescription">Dieser Installationsassistent wird [ProductName] auf Ihrem Computer installieren.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WARNUNG: Wenn Sie von [ProductName] v1.0.0 oder v1.0.1 aus updaten wollen, müssen Sie diese Versionen zuerst manuell deinstallieren.</String>
+    <String Id="InstallDirDlgDescription">Wählen Sie einen anderen Installationsort oder klicken Sie auf Weiter zum installieren.</String>
+
+    <String Id="MajorUpgrade_DowngradeErrorMessage">Eine neuere Version von [ProductName] ist bereits installiert. Der Installationsassistent wird jetzt geschlossen.</String>
+
+    <!-- References like [ProductName] or $(var.ProductName) don't seem to work in Title attributes -->
+    <String Id="NodeRuntime_Title">io.js-Laufzeitumgebung</String>
+    <String Id="NodeRuntime_Description">Installation der [ProductName]-Laufzeitumgebung (iojs.exe).</String>
+
+    <String Id="NodeAlias_Title">Verweis von node auf iojs</String>
+    <String Id="NodeAlias_Description">Erstelle node.exe als Verweis für iojs.exe.</String>
+
+    <String Id="NodePerfCtrSupport_Title">Performance Counter</String>
+    <String Id="NodePerfCtrSupport_Description">Installiert Unterstützung für [ProductName]-spezifische Performance Counter.</String>
+
+    <String Id="NodeEtwSupport_Title">Event Tracing (ETW)</String>
+    <String Id="NodeEtwSupport_Description">Installiert Unterstützung für Event Tracing (ETW)-Events, generiert von [ProductName].</String>
+
+    <String Id="npm_Title">npm-Paketmanager</String>
+    <String Id="npm_Description">Installiert npm, den empfohlenen Paketmanager für [ProductName].</String>
+
+    <String Id="DocumentationShortcuts_Title">Link zur Online-Dokumentation</String>
+    <String Id="DocumentationShortcuts_Description">Fügt Startmenü-Einträge zur Online-Dokumentation von [ProductName] [FullVersion] und zur [ProductName]-Website hinzu.</String>
+
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPath_Title">Hinzufügen zu PATH</String>
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPath_Description">Fügt [ProductName], npm und globale durch npm installierte Module zur PATH-Umgebungsvariable hinzu.</String>
+
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPathNode_Title">io.js und npm</String>
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPathNode_Description">Fügt [ProductName] und npm (falls installiert) zur PATH-Umgebungsvariable hinzu.</String>
+
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPathNpmModules_Title">npm-Module</String>
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPathNpmModules_Description">Fügt globale durch npm installierte Module zur PATH-Umgebungsvariable hinzu. Diese Option funktioniert nur für den aktuellen Benutzer, andere Benutzer müssen ihre PATH-Umgebungsvariable selbst manuell aktualisieren.</String>
+
+    <!-- References like [ProductName] are not resolved for Property tags -->
+    <String Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALTEXT">io.js wurde erfolgreich installiert.</String>
+</WixLocalization>
diff --git a/tools/msvs/msi/i18n/en-us.wxl b/tools/msvs/msi/i18n/en-us.wxl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d52cd9f01f4958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/msvs/msi/i18n/en-us.wxl
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<WixLocalization Culture="en-us" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization">
+    <!-- See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664.aspx -->
+    <String Id="LocaleId">1033</String>
+
+    <String Id="WelcomeDlgDescription">The Setup Wizard will install [ProductName] on your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WARNING: if you're upgrading from [ProductName] v1.0.0 or v1.0.1, you must first uninstall these versions manually.</String>
+    <String Id="InstallDirDlgDescription">Choose a custom location or click Next to install.</String>
+
+    <String Id="MajorUpgrade_DowngradeErrorMessage">A later version of [ProductName] is already installed. Setup will now exit.</String>
+
+    <!-- References like [ProductName] or $(var.ProductName) don't seem to work in Title attributes -->
+    <String Id="NodeRuntime_Title">io.js runtime</String>
+    <String Id="NodeRuntime_Description">Install the core [ProductName] runtime (iojs.exe).</String>
+
+    <String Id="NodeAlias_Title">Alias node to iojs</String>
+    <String Id="NodeAlias_Description">Create node.exe as an alias for iojs.exe.</String>
+
+    <String Id="NodePerfCtrSupport_Title">Performance counters</String>
+    <String Id="NodePerfCtrSupport_Description">Installs support for [ProductName]-specific performance counters.</String>
+
+    <String Id="NodeEtwSupport_Title">Event tracing (ETW)</String>
+    <String Id="NodeEtwSupport_Description">Installs support for event tracing (ETW) events generated by [ProductName].</String>
+
+    <String Id="npm_Title">npm package manager</String>
+    <String Id="npm_Description">Install npm, the recommended package manager for [ProductName].</String>
+
+    <String Id="DocumentationShortcuts_Title">Online documentation shortcuts</String>
+    <String Id="DocumentationShortcuts_Description">Add start menu entries that link the the online documentation for [ProductName] [FullVersion] and the [ProductName] website.</String>
+
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPath_Title">Add to PATH</String>
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPath_Description">Add [ProductName], npm, and modules that were globally installed by npm to the PATH environment variable.</String>
+
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPathNode_Title">io.js and npm</String>
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPathNode_Description">Add [ProductName] and npm (if installed) to the PATH environment variable.</String>
+
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPathNpmModules_Title">npm modules</String>
+    <String Id="EnvironmentPathNpmModules_Description">Add modules that are installed globally by npm to the PATH environment variable. This option works for the current user only; other users need to update their PATH manually.</String>
+
+    <!-- References like [ProductName] are not resolved for Property tags -->
+    <String Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALTEXT">io.js has been successfully installed.</String>
+</WixLocalization>
diff --git a/tools/msvs/msi/nodemsi.wixproj b/tools/msvs/msi/nodemsi.wixproj
index 03192bb1bc8959..6db69a5ba10575 100644
--- a/tools/msvs/msi/nodemsi.wixproj
+++ b/tools/msvs/msi/nodemsi.wixproj
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
     </WixExtension>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="WixUI_en-us.wxl" />
+    <!-- <EmbeddedResource Include="i18n\de-de.wxl" /> -->
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="i18n\en-us.wxl" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="custom_actions.vcxproj">
@@ -73,6 +74,13 @@
   </Target>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PostBuildEvent>move "!(TargetPath)" "$(TargetDir)\$(TargetFileName)"
-move "!(TargetPdbPath)" "$(TargetDir)\$(TargetPdbName)"</PostBuildEvent>
+    move "!(TargetPdbPath)" "$(TargetDir)\$(TargetPdbName)"</PostBuildEvent>
+    <!--
+    <PostBuildEvent>
+      "$(WixToolPath)\torch.exe" -t language "$(TargetDir)en-US\$(TargetFileName)" "$(TargetDir)de-de\$(TargetFileName)" -out "$(TargetDir)transforms\de-de.mst"
+      cscript.exe "$(WindowsSDK80Path)bin\$(Platform)\WiSubStg.vbs" "$(TargetDir)en-US\$(TargetFileName)" "$(TargetDir)transforms\de-de.mst" 1031
+      cscript.exe "$(WindowsSDK80Path)bin\$(Platform)\WiLangId.vbs" "$(TargetDir)en-US\$(TargetFileName)" Package 1033,1031
+    </PostBuildEvent>
+    -->
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs b/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs
index c90f77ce548743..30de47dad94acf 100755
--- a/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs
+++ b/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@
 
   <Product Id="*"
            Name="$(var.ProductName)"
-           Language="1033"
+           Language="!(loc.LocaleId)"
            Version="$(var.ProductVersion)"
            Manufacturer="$(var.ProductAuthor)"
            UpgradeCode="47c07a3a-42ef-4213-a85d-8f5a59077c28">
 
-    <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"/>
+    <Package Languages="!(loc.LocaleId)" InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"/>
 
     <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes"/>
 
     <MajorUpgrade AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes"
-                  DowngradeErrorMessage="A later version of io.js is already installed. Setup will now exit."/>
+                  DowngradeErrorMessage="!(loc.MajorUpgrade_DowngradeErrorMessage)"/>
 
     <Icon Id="NodeIcon" SourceFile="$(var.RepoDir)\src\res\iojs.ico"/>
     <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="NodeIcon"/>
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
     <Feature Id="NodeRuntime"
              Level="1"
-             Title="io.js runtime"
-             Description="Install the core io.js runtime (iojs.exe)."
+             Title="!(loc.NodeRuntime_Title)"
+             Description="!(loc.NodeRuntime_Description)"
              Absent="disallow">
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeExecutable"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeVarsScript"/>
@@ -51,30 +51,30 @@
 
       <Feature Id="NodeAlias"
                Level="1"
-               Title="Alias node to iojs"
-               Description="Create node.exe as an alias for iojs.exe.">
+               Title="!(loc.NodeAlias_Title)"
+               Description="!(loc.NodeAlias_Description)">
         <ComponentRef Id="NodeAlias"/>
       </Feature>
 
       <Feature Id="NodePerfCtrSupport"
                Level="1"
-               Title="Performance counters"
-               Description="Installs support for io.js-specific performance counters.">
+               Title="!(loc.NodePerfCtrSupport_Title)"
+               Description="!(loc.NodePerfCtrSupport_Description)">
         <ComponentRef Id="NodePerfCtrSupport"/>
       </Feature>
 
       <Feature Id="NodeEtwSupport"
                Level="1"
-               Title="Event tracing (ETW)"
-               Description="Installs support for event tracing (ETW) events generated by io.js.">
+               Title="!(loc.NodeEtwSupport_Title)"
+               Description="!(loc.NodeEtwSupport_Description)">
         <ComponentRef Id="NodeEtwSupport"/>
       </Feature>
     </Feature>
 
     <Feature Id="npm"
              Level="1"
-             Title="npm package manager"
-             Description="Install npm, the recommended package manager for io.js.">
+             Title="!(loc.npm_Title)"
+             Description="!(loc.npm_Description)">
       <ComponentRef Id="NpmCmdScript"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NpmBashScript"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NpmConfigurationFile"/>
@@ -84,26 +84,26 @@
 
     <Feature Level="1"
              Id="DocumentationShortcuts"
-             Title="Online documentation shortcuts"
-             Description="Add start menu entries that link the the online documentation for io.js v$(var.FullVersion) and the io.js website.">
+             Title="!(loc.DocumentationShortcuts_Title)"
+             Description="!(loc.DocumentationShortcuts_Description)">
       <ComponentRef Id="DocumentationShortcuts"/>
     </Feature>
 
     <Feature Id="EnvironmentPath"
              Level="1"
-             Title="Add to PATH"
-             Description="Add io.js, npm, and modules that were globally installed by npm to the PATH environment variable.">
+             Title="!(loc.EnvironmentPath_Title)"
+             Description="!(loc.EnvironmentPath_Description)">
       <Feature Id="EnvironmentPathNode"
                Level="1"
-               Title="io.js and npm"
-               Description="Add io.js and npm (if installed) to the PATH environment variable.">
+               Title="!(loc.EnvironmentPathNode_Title)"
+               Description="!(loc.EnvironmentPathNode_Description)">
         <ComponentRef Id="EnvironmentPathNode"/>
       </Feature>
 
       <Feature Id="EnvironmentPathNpmModules"
                Level="1"
-               Title="npm modules"
-               Description="Add modules that are installed globally by npm to the PATH environment variable. This option works for the current user only; other users need to update their PATH manually.">
+               Title="!(loc.EnvironmentPathNpmModules_Title)"
+               Description="!(loc.EnvironmentPathNpmModules_Description)">
         <ComponentRef Id="EnvironmentPathNpmModules"/>
       </Feature>
     </Feature>
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
       <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="InstallDirDlg" Order="2">NOT Installed</Publish>
       <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="VerifyReadyDlg">1</Publish>
 
-      <Property Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALTEXT" Value="io.js has been successfully installed."/>
+      <Property Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALTEXT" Value="!(loc.WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALTEXT)"/>
     </UI>
 
     <UIRef Id="WixUI_Common"/>