diff --git a/src/plugins/piral-translate/package.json b/src/plugins/piral-translate/package.json
index 95b9d15cf..c2b7b7238 100644
--- a/src/plugins/piral-translate/package.json
+++ b/src/plugins/piral-translate/package.json
@@ -63,10 +63,12 @@
     "test": "echo \"Error: run tests from root\" && exit 1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "deepmerge": "^4.2.2"
+    "deepmerge": "^4.2.2",
+    "get-value": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/deepmerge": "^2.2.0",
+    "@types/get-value": "^3.0.5",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.0",
     "piral-core": "^1.3.3",
     "react": "^18.0.0"
diff --git a/src/plugins/piral-translate/src/localize.test.ts b/src/plugins/piral-translate/src/localize.test.ts
index 56255e433..91ea96a1c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/piral-translate/src/localize.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/piral-translate/src/localize.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const messages = {
   en: {
     hi: 'hello',
     greeting: 'Hi {{name}}, welcome back',
+    header: {
+      title: 'Hello world'
+    }
   },
   de: {
     hi: 'hallo',
@@ -76,4 +79,11 @@ describe('Localize Module', () => {
     const result = localizer.localizeGlobal('greeting', { name: undefined });
     expect(result).toBe('Hi , welcome back');
   });
+
+  it('localizeGlobal uses nested translations if the key contains dots', () => {
+    const localizer = new Localizer(messages, 'en');
+    const result = localizer.localizeGlobal('header.title');
+
+    expect(result).toBe('Hello world');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/piral-translate/src/localize.ts b/src/plugins/piral-translate/src/localize.ts
index c2e3567ff..c8bbdc169 100644
--- a/src/plugins/piral-translate/src/localize.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/piral-translate/src/localize.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import getValue from 'get-value';
 import { LocalizationMessages, Localizable } from './types';
 
 function defaultFallback(key: string, language: string): string {
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export class Localizer implements Localizable {
   private translateMessage<T extends object>(messages: LocalizationMessages, key: string, variables?: T) {
     const language = this.language;
     const translations = language && messages[language];
-    const translation = translations && translations[key];
+    const translation = translations && getValue(translations, key);
     return translation && (variables ? formatMessage(translation, variables) : translation);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/piral-translate/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/piral-translate/tsconfig.json
index 3c8e07c9b..9b9a41644 100644
--- a/src/plugins/piral-translate/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/plugins/piral-translate/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "lib": ["dom", "es2015", "es2018"],
     "jsx": "react",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5523ec5c3..95f785688 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2443,6 +2443,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/get-value@^3.0.5":
+  version "3.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/get-value/-/get-value-3.0.5.tgz#4ea0e0b0a31c256636b3e7e0026c2ad38baea6f6"
+  integrity sha512-+o8nw0TId5cDwtdVrhlc8rvzaxbCU+JksFeu8ZunY9vUaODxngXiNceTFj2gkSwGWNRpe3PtaSWt1y0VB71PvA==
+
 "@types/glob@*":
   version "8.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/glob/-/glob-8.1.0.tgz#b63e70155391b0584dce44e7ea25190bbc38f2fc"
@@ -6350,6 +6355,13 @@ get-them-args@1.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-them-args/-/get-them-args-1.3.2.tgz#74a20ba8a4abece5ae199ad03f2bcc68fdfc9ba5"
   integrity sha512-LRn8Jlk+DwZE4GTlDbT3Hikd1wSHgLMme/+7ddlqKd7ldwR6LjJgTVWzBnR01wnYGe4KgrXjg287RaI22UHmAw==
 
+get-value@^3.0.1:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-value/-/get-value-3.0.1.tgz#5efd2a157f1d6a516d7524e124ac52d0a39ef5a8"
+  integrity sha512-mKZj9JLQrwMBtj5wxi6MH8Z5eSKaERpAwjg43dPtlGI1ZVEgH/qC7T8/6R2OBSUA+zzHBZgICsVJaEIV2tKTDA==
+  dependencies:
+    isobject "^3.0.1"
+
 git-raw-commits@^2.0.8:
   version "2.0.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/git-raw-commits/-/git-raw-commits-2.0.11.tgz#bc3576638071d18655e1cc60d7f524920008d723"