diff --git a/changes/215.canada.changes b/changes/215.canada.changes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0c7e3651ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/215.canada.changes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added French translation for `Searching...` in the Select2 JS autocomplete module.
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diff --git a/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/autocomplete.js b/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/autocomplete.js
index 89276661846..4b9b8bc2538 100644
--- a/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/autocomplete.js
+++ b/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/autocomplete.js
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ this.ckan.module('autocomplete', function (jQuery) {
         formatResult: this.formatResult,
         formatNoMatches: this.formatNoMatches,
         formatInputTooShort: this.formatInputTooShort,
+        // (canada fork only): more i18n
+        // TODO: upstream contrib!!
+        formatSearching: this.formatSearching,
         dropdownCssClass: this.options.dropdownClass,
         containerCssClass: this.options.containerClass,
         tokenSeparators: this.options.tokensep.split(''),
@@ -236,6 +239,17 @@ this.ckan.module('autocomplete', function (jQuery) {
       );
     },
 
+    /* (canada fork only): more i18n
+     * TODO: upstream contrib!!
+     * Formatter used by the select2 plugin that returns a string when
+     * XHR is being performed.
+     *
+     * Returns a string.
+     */
+    formatSearching: function () {
+      return this._('Searching...');
+    },
+
     formatTerm: function (term) {
       // (canada fork only): initial label
       if( this.options.initial_value.length > 0 ){