diff --git a/src/widgets/dropdown.cpp b/src/widgets/dropdown.cpp
index 43be78dbec..bca67a504e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dropdown.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dropdown.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ DropDownListStringItem::DropDownListStringItem(StringID string, int result, bool
 {
 }
 
+DropDownListStringItem::DropDownListStringItem(const std::string &string, int result, bool masked) : DropDownListItem(result, masked)
+{
+	/* A raw string may contain parsable tokens, so it needs to be passed through GetString. */
+	SetDParamStr(0, string);
+	this->string = GetString(STR_JUST_RAW_STRING);
+}
+
 uint DropDownListStringItem::Width() const
 {
 	return GetStringBoundingBox(this->String()).width + WidgetDimensions::scaled.dropdowntext.Horizontal();
diff --git a/src/widgets/dropdown_type.h b/src/widgets/dropdown_type.h
index 19da6acfcd..424b9906ae 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dropdown_type.h
+++ b/src/widgets/dropdown_type.h
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ public:
  */
 class DropDownListStringItem : public DropDownListItem {
 public:
-	const std::string string; ///< String of item
+	std::string string; ///< String of item
 
 	DropDownListStringItem(StringID string, int result, bool masked);
-	DropDownListStringItem(const std::string &string, int result, bool masked) : DropDownListItem(result, masked), string(string) {}
+	DropDownListStringItem(const std::string &string, int result, bool masked);
 
 	bool Selectable() const override { return true; }
 	uint Width() const override;