diff -up yelp-3.0.2/src/yelp.c.gettext yelp-3.0.2/src/yelp.c
--- yelp-3.0.2/src/yelp.c.gettext	2011-04-28 07:38:27.792883667 -0400
+++ yelp-3.0.2/src/yelp.c	2011-04-28 07:37:51.174341461 -0400
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) 
     g_thread_init (NULL);
     g_type_init ();
 
+    setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+    textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+    bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+    bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+
     app = yelp_application_new ();
 
     return g_application_run (G_APPLICATION (app), argc, argv);
