diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_area_text.inc b/handlers/views_handler_area_text.inc
index 76d550e..6294a21 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_area_text.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_area_text.inc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class views_handler_area_text extends views_handler_area {
 
   function option_definition() {
     $options = parent::option_definition();
-    $options['content'] = array('default' => '', 'translatable' => TRUE);
+    $options['content'] = array('default' => '', 'translatable' => TRUE, 'format_key' => 'format');
     $options['format'] = array('default' => filter_default_format());
     $options['tokenize'] = array('default' => FALSE);
     return $options;
diff --git a/includes/base.inc b/includes/base.inc
index 02ad98c..8d50c37 100644
--- a/includes/base.inc
+++ b/includes/base.inc
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class views_object {
           // sent in, and the name of the property being processed.
           $translation_data = array(
             'value' => $value,
-            'format' => isset($options[$key . '_format']) ? $options[$key . '_format'] : NULL,
+            'format' => isset($definition['format_key']) ? $options[$definition['format_key']] : NULL,
             'keys' => array_merge(array($this->view->name), $localization_keys, array($key)),
           );
           $storage[$key] = $this->view->localization_plugin->translate($translation_data);
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class views_object {
           $translatable[] = array(
             'value' => $value,
             'keys' => $translation_keys,
-            'format' => isset($options[$key . '_format']) ? $options[$key . '_format'] : NULL,
+            'format' => isset($definition['format_key']) ? $options[$definition['format_key']] : NULL,
           );
         }
       }
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ class views_object {
       $translatable[] = array(
         'value' => $value,
         'keys' => isset($translation_keys) ? $translation_keys : $parents,
+        'format' => isset($definition['format_key']) ? $storage[$definition['format_key']] : NULL,
       );
     }
   }