diff --git a/picard/ui/options/releases.py b/picard/ui/options/releases.py
index 80a385992..8dee724df 100644
--- a/picard/ui/options/releases.py
+++ b/picard/ui/options/releases.py
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ class ReleasesOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
             list1.takeItem(list1.row(item))
 
     def _load_list_items(self, setting, source, list1, list2):
-        source_list = [(c[0], _(c[1])) for c in source.items()]
+        if setting == "preferred_release_countries":
+            source_list = [(c[0], ugettext_countries(c[1])) for c in source.items()]
+        else:
+            source_list = [(c[0], _(c[1])) for c in source.items()]
         source_list.sort(key=itemgetter(1), cmp=strcoll)
         saved_data = config.setting[setting].split("  ")
         move = []