diff --git a/emacs.changes b/emacs.changes
index 53722b5..482f21d 100644
--- a/emacs.changes
+++ b/emacs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct  5 12:03:38 UTC 2012 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add workaround into emacs starter script for gtk/gstreamer bug
+  which overrides the locale 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 18 12:07:26 UTC 2012 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/emacs.spec b/emacs.spec
index da2048d..6c7a297 100644
--- a/emacs.spec
+++ b/emacs.spec
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ cat >  %{buildroot}/usr/bin/emacs <<-"EOF"
 	#!/bin/bash
 	# Possible values are nox, gtk, or x11
 	: ${EMACS_TOOLKIT:=gtk}
+	if test "$EMACS_TOOLKIT" = gtk; then
+	    LC_NUMERIC=POSIX
+	    export LC_NUMERIC
+	fi
 	if test -e ${0}-${EMACS_TOOLKIT} ; then
 	 exec -a ${0} ${0}-${EMACS_TOOLKIT} ${1+"$@"}
 	elif test -e ${0}-x11 ; then