diff --git a/tools/notify-send.c b/tools/notify-send.c
index c0b9eeb..cafcf15 100644
--- a/tools/notify-send.c
+++ b/tools/notify-send.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <libnotify/notify.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
         body = NULL;
 
+        setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+
         g_type_init ();
 
         g_set_prgname (argv[0]);