diff --git contrib/views_slideshow_cycle/views_slideshow_cycle.install contrib/views_slideshow_cycle/views_slideshow_cycle.install
index ebba49a..9a4b346 100644
--- contrib/views_slideshow_cycle/views_slideshow_cycle.install
+++ contrib/views_slideshow_cycle/views_slideshow_cycle.install
@@ -6,24 +6,45 @@
 
 function views_slideshow_cycle_requirements($phase) {
   $requirements = array();
+  
+  // Ensure translations do not break at install time
+  $t = get_t();
+  
   if ($phase == 'install' || $phase == 'runtime') {
-    if ($phase == 'install') {
-      $views_slideshow = drupal_get_path('module', 'views_slideshow_cycle');
-      require_once($views_slideshow . '/views_slideshow_cycle.module');
-    }
-
-    if (!$cycle_path = _views_slideshow_cycle_library_path()) {
-      $requirements['jquery.cycle'] = array(
-        'title' => t('jQuery Cycle Library'),
-        'severity' => REQUIREMENT_ERROR,
-        'value' => t('Library required for Views Slideshow Cycle'),
-        'description' => t('You need to install the jQuery cycle plugin. Create a directory in sites/all/libraries called jquery.cycle, and then copy jquery.cycle.all.min.js or jquery.cycle.all.js into it. You can find the plugin at !url.', array('!url' => l('http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle', 'http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle', array('attributes' => array('target' => '_blank'))))),
+    if (!drupal_get_path('module', 'libraries')) {
+      $requirements['views_slideshow_cycle'] = array(
+          'title' => t('Libraries module missing'),
+          'severity' => REQUIREMENT_ERROR,
+          'value' => t('Libraries module required for Views Slideshow Cycle'),
+          'description' => $t('Views Slideshow Cycle module requires the <a href="@url">Libraries module</a> to be installed.', array('@url' => 'http://drupal.org/project/libraries')),
       );
     } else {
-      $requirements['jquery.cycle'] = array(
-        'value' => t('Installed'),
-        'severity' => REQUIREMENT_OK,
-      );
+      if ($phase == 'install') {
+        $views_slideshow = drupal_get_path('module', 'views_slideshow_cycle');
+        require_once($views_slideshow . '/views_slideshow_cycle.module');
+      }
+
+      // Libraries module may not be installed,
+      // even if it is listed as dependency in .info file.
+      // For example, during installation from an installation profile 
+      // Libraries will *not* be installed when hook_requirements get called
+      if (!function_exists('libraries_get_path')) {
+        include_once drupal_get_path('module', 'libraries') . '/libraries.module';
+      }
+
+      if (!$cycle_path = _views_slideshow_cycle_library_path()) {
+        $requirements['jquery.cycle'] = array(
+            'title' => t('jQuery Cycle Library'),
+            'severity' => REQUIREMENT_ERROR,
+            'value' => t('Library required for Views Slideshow Cycle'),
+            'description' => t('You need to install the jQuery cycle plugin. Create a directory in sites/all/libraries called jquery.cycle, and then copy jquery.cycle.all.min.js or jquery.cycle.all.js into it. You can find the plugin at !url.', array('!url' => l('http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle', 'http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle', array('attributes' => array('target' => '_blank'))))),
+        );
+      } else {
+        $requirements['jquery.cycle'] = array(
+            'value' => t('Installed'),
+            'severity' => REQUIREMENT_OK,
+        );
+      }
     }
     $requirements['jquery.cycle']['title'] = t('jQuery Cycle Library');
   }