diff --git a/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Localization/DataAnnotationsLocalizationTests.cs b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Localization/DataAnnotationsLocalizationTests.cs
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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using OrchardCore.Localization;
+using OrchardCore.Tests;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace OrchardCore.Tests.Localization
+{
+    public class DataAnnotationsLocalizationTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task LocalizerReturnsDataAnnotationsTranslationFromInnerClass()
+            => await StartupRunner.Run(typeof(DataAnnotationsLocalizationStartup),"ar", "مرحبا");
+
+        public class DataAnnotationsLocalizationStartup
+        {
+            public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
+            {
+                services.AddMvc();
+                services.AddLocalization();
+                services.AddPortableObjectLocalization(options => options.ResourcesPath = "Localization/PoFiles");
+                services.Replace(ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<ILocalizationFileLocationProvider, StubPoFileLocationProvider>());
+            }
+
+            public void Configure(
+                IApplicationBuilder app,
+                IStringLocalizer<Model> localizer)
+            {
+                var supportedCultures = new[] { "ar", "en" };
+                app.UseRequestLocalization(options =>
+                    options
+                        .AddSupportedCultures(supportedCultures)
+                        .AddSupportedUICultures(supportedCultures)
+                        .SetDefaultCulture("ar")
+                );
+
+                app.Run(async (context) =>
+                {
+                    await context.Response.WriteAsync(localizer["Hello"]);
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+        public class Model
+        {
+            [Display(Name ="مرحبا")]
+            public string Hello { get; set; }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Localization/PoFiles/ar.po b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Localization/PoFiles/ar.po
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+#: OrchardCore.Tests.Localization\DataAnnotationsLocalizationTests.cs:77
+msgctxt "OrchardCore.Tests.Localization.DataAnnotationsLocalizationTests.Model"
+msgid "Hello"
+msgstr "مرحبا"
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diff --git a/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Stubs/StubPoFileLocationProvider.cs b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Stubs/StubPoFileLocationProvider.cs
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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Localization;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using OrchardCore.Localization;
+using OrchardCore.Tests;
+
+namespace OrchardCore.Tests
+{
+    public class StubPoFileLocationProvider : ILocalizationFileLocationProvider
+    {
+        private readonly IFileProvider _fileProvider;
+        private readonly string _resourcesContainer;
+
+        public StubPoFileLocationProvider(IHostEnvironment hostingEnvironment, IOptions<LocalizationOptions> localizationOptions)
+        {
+            var rootPath = new DirectoryInfo(hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath).Parent.Parent.Parent.FullName;
+            _fileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(rootPath);
+            _resourcesContainer = localizationOptions.Value.ResourcesPath;
+        }
+
+        public IEnumerable<IFileInfo> GetLocations(string cultureName)
+        {
+            yield return _fileProvider.GetFileInfo(Path.Combine(_resourcesContainer, cultureName + ".po"));
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Utilities/StartupRunner.cs b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Utilities/StartupRunner.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace OrchardCore.Tests
+{
+    internal static class StartupRunner
+    {
+        public static async Task Run(Type startupType, string culture, string expected)
+        {
+            var webHostBuilder = new WebHostBuilder().UseStartup(startupType);
+            var testHost = new TestServer(webHostBuilder);
+
+            var client = testHost.CreateClient();
+            var request = new HttpRequestMessage();
+            var cookieValue = $"c={culture}|uic={culture}";
+            request.Headers.Add("Cookie", $"{CookieRequestCultureProvider.DefaultCookieName}={cookieValue}");
+
+            var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
+
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
+            Assert.Equal(expected, await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
+        }
+    }
+}
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