diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2249fa2342..6ad3af6c42 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2008-08-07  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim.muller at collabora co uk>
+
+	Patch by: Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@mandriva.org>
+
+	* ext/sndfile/gstsf.c: (plugin_init):
+	* sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c: (gst_dvbsrc_plugin_init):
+	* sys/oss4/oss4-audio.c: (plugin_init):
+	Make sure gettext returns translations in UTF-8 encoding rather
+	than in the current locale encoding (#546822).
+
 2008-08-07  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* ext/twolame/gsttwolame.c: (gst_two_lame_sink_setcaps),
diff --git a/ext/sndfile/gstsf.c b/ext/sndfile/gstsf.c
index dcfcc1bd5e..6148e85292 100644
--- a/ext/sndfile/gstsf.c
+++ b/ext/sndfile/gstsf.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   GST_DEBUG ("binding text domain %s to locale dir %s", GETTEXT_PACKAGE,
       LOCALEDIR);
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
 
   if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "sfsink", GST_RANK_NONE,
diff --git a/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c b/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c
index c6f5dbcee7..1e0369ba45 100644
--- a/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c
+++ b/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ gst_dvbsrc_plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   GST_DEBUG ("binding text domain %s to locale dir %s", GETTEXT_PACKAGE,
       LOCALEDIR);
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
 
   return gst_element_register (plugin, "dvbsrc", GST_RANK_NONE,
diff --git a/sys/oss4/oss4-audio.c b/sys/oss4/oss4-audio.c
index a2404cc888..0a3c0af1e4 100644
--- a/sys/oss4/oss4-audio.c
+++ b/sys/oss4/oss4-audio.c
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   GST_DEBUG ("binding text domain %s to locale dir %s", GETTEXT_PACKAGE,
       LOCALEDIR);
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif
 
   /* we want a higher rank than the legacy OSS elements have now */