diff --git a/ext/twolame/gsttwolame.c b/ext/twolame/gsttwolame.c
index 3700aa35a7..81b865bf01 100644
--- a/ext/twolame/gsttwolame.c
+++ b/ext/twolame/gsttwolame.c
@@ -1024,6 +1024,7 @@ 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, "twolame", GST_RANK_NONE,