diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9950c5e6bc..accd487ebc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2004-01-19  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* gst-libs/gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h:
+          add locale.h
           remove config.h inclusion
 
 2004-01-19  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h b/gst-libs/gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h
index 0fd51465db..2c37a61506 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
  * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
-
 #ifndef __GST_I18N_PLUGIN_H__
 #define __GST_I18N_PLUGIN_H__
 
+#include <locale.h>  /* some people need it and some people don't */
 #include "gettext.h" /* included with gettext distribution and copied */
 
 #ifndef GETTEXT_PACKAGE