diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99a2c822f..4dcac1c55 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-09-30  Havoc Pennington  <hp@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/tools/metacity-message.c (main): call
+	bind_textdomain_codeset(), fix from Yukihiro Nakai bug #121743
+
 2003-07-28  Rached Ben Mustapha <rached@benmur.net>
 
         Fix bug #118428
diff --git a/src/tools/metacity-message.c b/src/tools/metacity-message.c
index 0c202584e..0df899127 100644
--- a/src/tools/metacity-message.c
+++ b/src/tools/metacity-message.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ usage (void)
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
+  bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+  
   gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
 
   if (argc < 2)