diff --git a/pkgs/messages_builder/lib/code_generation/import_generation.dart b/pkgs/messages_builder/lib/code_generation/import_generation.dart
index 1ab73f87..d927f6dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/messages_builder/lib/code_generation/import_generation.dart
+++ b/pkgs/messages_builder/lib/code_generation/import_generation.dart
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import '../generation_options.dart';
 
 class ImportGeneration {
   final GenerationOptions options;
+  final List<String> locales;
+  final String name;
 
-  ImportGeneration(this.options);
+  ImportGeneration(this.options, this.locales, this.name);
 
   List<Directive> generate() {
     final serializationImports = switch (options.deserialization) {
@@ -24,9 +26,13 @@ class ImportGeneration {
         ],
       PluralSelectorType.custom => <Directive>[],
     };
+
+    final deferredImports = locales.map((e) => Directive.importDeferredAs(
+        '${name}_${e}_empty.dart', '${name}_${e}_empty'));
     return [
       ...serializationImports,
       ...pluralImports,
+      ...deferredImports,
     ];
   }
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/messages_builder/lib/code_generation/method_generation.dart b/pkgs/messages_builder/lib/code_generation/method_generation.dart
index c21abe90..e00b1f00 100644
--- a/pkgs/messages_builder/lib/code_generation/method_generation.dart
+++ b/pkgs/messages_builder/lib/code_generation/method_generation.dart
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ class MethodGeneration {
             if (dataFile == null) {
               throw ArgumentError('Locale \$locale is not in \$knownLocales');
             }
+            if (locale.startsWith('en')) {
+              await empty_en.loadLibrary();
+            } else if (locale.startsWith('de')) {
+              await empty_de.loadLibrary();
+            }
             $loading
             if (messageList.preamble.hash != info?.\$2) {
               throw ArgumentError(\'\'\'