diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDirector.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDirector.java
index 58658b7a7..f45541517 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDirector.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDirector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ChatDirector.java,v 1.16 2002/02/09 20:47:11 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ChatDirector.java,v 1.17 2002/02/26 05:47:40 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.chat;
 
@@ -245,12 +245,13 @@ public class ChatDirector
      */
     protected void handleSystemMessage (String type, Object[] args)
     {
-        String message = (String)args[0];
+        String bundle = (String)args[0];
+        String message = (String)args[1];
 
         // pass this on to our chat displays
         for (int i = 0; i < _displays.size(); i++) {
             ChatDisplay display = (ChatDisplay)_displays.get(i);
-            display.displaySystemMessage(type, message);
+            display.displaySystemMessage(type, bundle, message);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDisplay.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDisplay.java
index 21ab76220..be92c99f5 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDisplay.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/client/ChatDisplay.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ChatDisplay.java,v 1.7 2002/02/03 08:22:38 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: ChatDisplay.java,v 1.8 2002/02/26 05:47:40 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.chat;
 
@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ public interface ChatDisplay
      * delivered via the place object, or for messages delivered via an
      * auxiliary chat object, the type code provided when that auxiliary
      * object was registered.
+     * @param bundle the bundle identifier to be used when localizing this
+     * message for display to the client.
      * @param message the text of the message.
      */
-    public void displaySystemMessage (String type, String message);
+    public void displaySystemMessage (
+        String type, String bundle, String message);
 
     /**
      * Called in response to a chat request (either speak or tell) that
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/server/ChatProvider.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/server/ChatProvider.java
index e35b18911..4856a36f3 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/server/ChatProvider.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/chat/server/ChatProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ChatProvider.java,v 1.8 2001/12/17 00:52:43 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ChatProvider.java,v 1.9 2002/02/26 05:47:40 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.chat;
 
@@ -66,11 +66,15 @@ public class ChatProvider
      * that makes it clear that it is a message from the server.
      *
      * @param placeOid the place to which to deliver the message.
+     * @param bundle the name of the localization bundle that should be
+     * used to translate this system message prior to displaying it to the
+     * client.
      * @param message the text of the message.
      */
-    public static void sendSystemMessage (int placeOid, String message)
+    public static void sendSystemMessage (
+        int placeOid, String bundle, String message)
     {
-        Object[] outargs = new Object[] { message };
+        Object[] outargs = new Object[] { bundle, message };
         MessageEvent nevt = new MessageEvent(
             placeOid, ChatService.SYSTEM_NOTIFICATION, outargs);
         CrowdServer.omgr.postEvent(nevt);