diff --git a/gtk/main.c b/gtk/main.c
index f066404c4..354b8bfe0 100644
--- a/gtk/main.c
+++ b/gtk/main.c
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ main( int argc, char ** argv )
     cbdata->details2tor = g_hash_table_new( g_direct_hash, g_direct_equal );
 
     /* bind the gettext domain */
+    setlocale( LC_ALL, "" );
     bindtextdomain( domain, TRANSMISSIONLOCALEDIR );
     bind_textdomain_codeset( domain, "UTF-8" );
     textdomain( domain );
diff --git a/libtransmission/utils.h b/libtransmission/utils.h
index 94839532c..81b229f2d 100644
--- a/libtransmission/utils.h
+++ b/libtransmission/utils.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 #if !defined(_)
 #if defined(SYS_DARWIN)
   #define _(a) (a)
-#elif HAVE_LIBINTL
+#elif defined(HAVE_LIBINTL_H)
   #include <libintl.h>
   #define _(a) gettext (a)
 #else