diff --git a/xlc/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.xlc.ui/plugin.properties b/xlc/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.xlc.ui/plugin.properties
index 7b4fde84456..72d215ecebf 100644
--- a/xlc/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.xlc.ui/plugin.properties
+++ b/xlc/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.xlc.ui/plugin.properties
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ Option.InclPaths = Specify an additional search path for #include s (-I)
 Option.UndefSym = Undefine a macro name (-U)
 Option.altivec = Enable compiler support for vector data types (-qaltivec)
 Option.asm = Control the interpretation of and subsequent generation of code for asm statement (-qasm)
+Option.asm.default = Default
+Option.asm.stdcpp = Standard (-qasm=stdcpp)
+Option.asm.gcc = GCC (-qasm=gcc)
 Option.Cstdinc = Specify C standard search location (-qc_stdinc)
 Option.cppstdinc = Specify C++ standard search location (-qcpp_stdinc)
 Option.qcomplexgccincl = Wrap include files in GCC pragmas (-qcomplexgccincl)
diff --git a/xlc/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.xlc.ui/plugin.xml b/xlc/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.xlc.ui/plugin.xml
index f03e02822a4..e3759c82783 100644
--- a/xlc/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.xlc.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/xlc/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.xlc.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -900,17 +900,17 @@
      <enumeratedOptionValue
            id="xlc.c.compiler.option.input.asm.default"
            isDefault="true"
-           name="Default">
+           name="%Option.asm.default">
      </enumeratedOptionValue>
      <enumeratedOptionValue
            command="-qasm=stdcpp"
            id="xlc.c.compiler.option.input.asm.stdcpp"
-           name="Standard (-qasm=stdcpp)">
+           name="%Option.asm.stdcpp">
      </enumeratedOptionValue>
      <enumeratedOptionValue
            command="-qasm=gcc"
            id="xlc.c.compiler.option.input.asm.gcc"
-           name="GCC (-qasm=gcc)">
+           name="%Option.asm.gcc">
      </enumeratedOptionValue>
 		</option>