diff --git a/packages/input-tel-dropdown/src/LionInputTelDropdown.js b/packages/input-tel-dropdown/src/LionInputTelDropdown.js
index 98da842e5..19d9e817e 100644
--- a/packages/input-tel-dropdown/src/LionInputTelDropdown.js
+++ b/packages/input-tel-dropdown/src/LionInputTelDropdown.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @ts-expect-error ref, createRef are exported (?)
 import { render, html, css, ref, createRef } from '@lion/core';
 import { LionInputTel } from '@lion/input-tel';
+import { localize } from '@lion/localize';
 
 /**
  * Note: one could consider to implement LionInputTelDropdown as a
@@ -96,8 +97,7 @@ export class LionInputTelDropdown extends LionInputTel {
           'model-value-changed': this._onDropdownValueChange,
         },
         labels: {
-          // TODO: localize this
-          selectCountry: 'Select country',
+          selectCountry: localize.msg('lion-input-tel:selectCountry'),
         },
       },
     };
diff --git a/packages/input-tel/package.json b/packages/input-tel/package.json
index 097ef9fbd..4e268926d 100644
--- a/packages/input-tel/package.json
+++ b/packages/input-tel/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "./define": "./define.js",
     "./test-suites": "./test-suites/index.js",
     "./test-helpers": "./test-helpers/index.js",
+    "./translations/*": "./translations/*",
     "./docs/*": "./docs/*"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/input-tel/src/LionInputTel.js b/packages/input-tel/src/LionInputTel.js
index 4ec2c2071..99a358c37 100644
--- a/packages/input-tel/src/LionInputTel.js
+++ b/packages/input-tel/src/LionInputTel.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { liveFormatPhoneNumber } from './preprocessors.js';
 import { formatPhoneNumber } from './formatters.js';
 import { parsePhoneNumber } from './parsers.js';
 import { PhoneNumber } from './validators.js';
+import { localizeNamespaceLoader } from './localizeNamespaceLoader.js';
 
 /**
  * @typedef {import('../types').FormatStrategy} FormatStrategy
@@ -26,9 +27,13 @@ export class LionInputTel extends LocalizeMixin(LionInput) {
     activeRegion: { type: String },
     _phoneUtil: { type: Object, state: true },
     _needsLightDomRender: { type: Number, state: true },
-    _derivedRegionCode: { type: String, state: true },
   };
 
+  static localizeNamespaces = [
+    { 'lion-input-tel': localizeNamespaceLoader },
+    ...super.localizeNamespaces,
+  ];
+
   /**
    * Currently active region based on:
    * 1. allowed regions: get the region from configured allowed regions (if one entry)
diff --git a/packages/input-tel/src/localizeNamespaceLoader.js b/packages/input-tel/src/localizeNamespaceLoader.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c64be85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/input-tel/src/localizeNamespaceLoader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
+export const localizeNamespaceLoader = /** @param {string} locale */ locale => {
+  switch (locale) {
+    case 'bg-BG':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/bg-BG.js');
+    case 'bg':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/bg.js');
+    case 'cs-CZ':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/cs-CZ.js');
+    case 'cs':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/cs.js');
+    case 'de-DE':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/de-DE.js');
+    case 'de':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/de.js');
+    case 'en-AU':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/en-AU.js');
+    case 'en-GB':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/en-GB.js');
+    case 'en-US':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/en-US.js');
+    case 'en-PH':
+    case 'en':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/en.js');
+    case 'es-ES':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/es-ES.js');
+    case 'es':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/es.js');
+    case 'fr-FR':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/fr-FR.js');
+    case 'fr-BE':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/fr-BE.js');
+    case 'fr':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/fr.js');
+    case 'hu-HU':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/hu-HU.js');
+    case 'hu':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/hu.js');
+    case 'it-IT':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/it-IT.js');
+    case 'it':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/it.js');
+    case 'nl-BE':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/nl-BE.js');
+    case 'nl-NL':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/nl-NL.js');
+    case 'nl':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/nl.js');
+    case 'pl-PL':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/pl-PL.js');
+    case 'pl':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/pl.js');
+    case 'ro-RO':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/ro-RO.js');
+    case 'ro':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/ro.js');
+    case 'ru-RU':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/ru-RU.js');
+    case 'ru':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/ru.js');
+    case 'sk-SK':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/sk-SK.js');
+    case 'sk':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/sk.js');
+    case 'uk-UA':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/uk-UA.js');
+    case 'uk':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/uk.js');
+    case 'zh-CN':
+    case 'zh':
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/zh.js');
+    default:
+      return import('@lion/input-tel/translations/en.js');
+  }
+};