diff --git a/gst/playback/gstqueue2.c b/gst/playback/gstqueue2.c
index 333571adcf..d9550d0082 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstqueue2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstqueue2.c
@@ -2063,6 +2063,7 @@ 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 */
 
   return gst_element_register (plugin, "queue2", GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_QUEUE);