diff --git a/intl/msg_hash_us.c b/intl/msg_hash_us.c
index 1fcc2fe386..4b58916385 100644
--- a/intl/msg_hash_us.c
+++ b/intl/msg_hash_us.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const char *msg_hash_to_str_us(uint32_t hash)
 {
    switch (hash)
    {
+      case MSG_UNKNOWN:
+         return "Unknown";
       case MSG_RECEIVED:
          return "received";
       case MSG_UNRECOGNIZED_COMMAND:
diff --git a/msg_hash.h b/msg_hash.h
index 4457981329..a7957a60b7 100644
--- a/msg_hash.h
+++ b/msg_hash.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+#define MSG_UNKNOWN                                   0x3a834e55U
 
 #define MSG_RECEIVED                                  0xfe0c06acU
 
diff --git a/system.c b/system.c
index db579be37b..a62f811758 100644
--- a/system.c
+++ b/system.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "dynamic.h"
+#include "msg_hash.h"
 #include "intl/intl.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ void rarch_system_info_init(void)
    pretro_get_system_info(&system->info);
 
    if (!system->info.library_name)
-      system->info.library_name = "Unknown";
+      system->info.library_name = msg_hash_to_str(MSG_UNKNOWN);
    if (!system->info.library_version)
       system->info.library_version = "v0";