diff -rup libxklavier-3.5.orig/libxklavier/xklavier_config.c libxklavier-3.5/libxklavier/xklavier_config.c
--- libxklavier-3.5.orig/libxklavier/xklavier_config.c	2008-02-28 15:36:06.000000000 +0100
+++ libxklavier-3.5/libxklavier/xklavier_config.c	2008-09-02 23:31:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -847,6 +847,8 @@ xkl_config_registry_class_init(XklConfig
 	object_class->set_property = xkl_config_registry_set_property;
 	object_class->get_property = xkl_config_registry_get_property;
 
+	bind_textdomain_codeset (XKB_DOMAIN, "UTF-8");
+
 	engine_param_spec = g_param_spec_object("engine",
 						"Engine",
 						"XklEngine",
