diff --git a/tools/gst-inspect.c b/tools/gst-inspect.c
index 53227cf9fe..9b6d503364 100644
--- a/tools/gst-inspect.c
+++ b/tools/gst-inspect.c
@@ -1458,6 +1458,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   GError *err = NULL;
 #endif
 
+  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
diff --git a/tools/gst-launch.c b/tools/gst-launch.c
index a8ab1cdfa4..32aeb658de 100644
--- a/tools/gst-launch.c
+++ b/tools/gst-launch.c
@@ -930,6 +930,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   free (malloc (8));            /* -lefence */
 
+  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
diff --git a/tools/gst-typefind.c b/tools/gst-typefind.c
index 731c411532..830d7e6e9e 100644
--- a/tools/gst-typefind.c
+++ b/tools/gst-typefind.c
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     {NULL}
   };
 
+  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");