diff --git a/browser/base/content/browser.js b/browser/base/content/browser.js
index faa2591778a4..aa7d71dc2412 100755
--- a/browser/base/content/browser.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/browser.js
@@ -143,6 +143,18 @@ if (AppConstants.MOZ_CRASHREPORTER) {
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gBrowserBundle", function() {
   return Services.strings.createBundle("chrome://browser/locale/browser.properties");
 });
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gNavigatorBundle", function() {
+  // This is a stringbundle-like interface to gBrowserBundle, formerly a getter for
+  // the "bundle_browser" element.
+  return {
+    getString(key) {
+      return gBrowserBundle.GetStringFromName(key);
+    },
+    getFormattedString(key, array) {
+      return gBrowserBundle.formatStringFromName(key, array, array.length);
+    }
+  };
+});
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "gTabBrowserBundle", function() {
   return Services.strings.createBundle("chrome://browser/locale/tabbrowser.properties");
 });
@@ -224,12 +236,11 @@ if (AppConstants.platform != "macosx") {
   var gEditUIVisible = true;
 }
 
-/* globals gBrowser, gNavToolbox, gURLBar:true, gNavigatorBundle*/
+/* globals gBrowser, gNavToolbox, gURLBar:true */
 [
   ["gBrowser",            "content"],
   ["gNavToolbox",         "navigator-toolbox"],
   ["gURLBar",             "urlbar"],
-  ["gNavigatorBundle",    "bundle_browser"]
 ].forEach(function(elementGlobal) {
   var [name, id] = elementGlobal;
   Object.defineProperty(window, name, {