diff --git a/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c b/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
index a00e45de4..175d7564d 100644
--- a/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
+++ b/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
@@ -1906,6 +1906,18 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   };
 
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+  textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+ #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  gchar *tmp = _glib_get_locale_dir ();
+  bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, tmp);
+  g_free (tmp);
+#else
+  bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, GLIB_LOCALE_DIR);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_BIND_TEXTDOMAIN_CODESET
+  bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+#endif
 
   context = g_option_context_new (N_("DIRECTORY"));
   g_option_context_set_translation_domain (context, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);