diff --git a/frappe/public/build.json b/frappe/public/build.json
index fd05d16b7f..d108ce90d0 100644
--- a/frappe/public/build.json
+++ b/frappe/public/build.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 		"public/js/lib/bootstrap.min.js",
 		"public/js/lib/nprogress.js",
 		"public/js/lib/beautify-html.js",
+		"public/js/frappe/format.js",
 
 		"public/js/frappe/provide.js",
 		"public/js/frappe/class.js",
diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/format.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/format.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c40b0dfd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/format.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+function format (str, args) {
+	this.unkeyed_index = 0;
+	return str.replace(/\{(\w*)\}/g, function(match, key) {
+
+		if (key === '') {
+			key = this.unkeyed_index;
+			this.unkeyed_index++
+		}
+		if (key == +key) {
+			return args[key] !== undefined
+				? args[key]
+				: match;
+		}
+	}.bind(this));
+}
+
+if (jQuery) {
+	jQuery.format = format
+}
diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/misc/utils.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/misc/utils.js
index c23c3f7637..6bd01f9345 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/misc/utils.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/misc/utils.js
@@ -247,4 +247,4 @@ frappe.utils = {
 			setTimeout(function() { callback(dataURL); }, 10 );
 		}
 	}
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};