diff --git a/dist/jquery.localize.js b/dist/jquery.localize.js
index 90f65fc..add5814 100644
--- a/dist/jquery.localize.js
+++ b/dist/jquery.localize.js
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ http://keith-wood.name/localisation.html
     localizeForSpecialKeys = function(elem, value) {
       setAttrFromValueForKey(elem, "title", value);
       setAttrFromValueForKey(elem, "href", value);
+      setAttrFromValueForKey(elem, "class", value);
       return setTextFromValueForKey(elem, "text", value);
     };
     localizeOptgroupElement = function(elem, key, value) {