diff --git a/mcs-plugin/plugin.c b/mcs-plugin/plugin.c
index c3df700d1fe5024913f0bf96e297ae142d835e9e..622d6e3fc2bbb4f9b6ae36540c145f7ab64a8ac2 100644
--- a/mcs-plugin/plugin.c
+++ b/mcs-plugin/plugin.c
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ run_dialog (McsPlugin * mcs_plugin)
         return;
     }
 
+    xfce_textdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR, "UTF-8");
+
     dialog =
         gtk_dialog_new_with_buttons (_("Workspaces"), NULL,
                                      GTK_DIALOG_NO_SEPARATOR, GTK_STOCK_CLOSE,
diff --git a/mcs-plugin/xfwm4_plugin.c b/mcs-plugin/xfwm4_plugin.c
index e252daa8e08047dd1760ac1ae141e80d12667311..1b9d7b93cc8c751a9252689936229e9db66d0e21 100644
--- a/mcs-plugin/xfwm4_plugin.c
+++ b/mcs-plugin/xfwm4_plugin.c
@@ -2204,6 +2204,8 @@ run_dialog (McsPlugin * mcs_plugin)
 
     is_running = TRUE;
 
+    xfce_textdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR, "UTF-8");
+
     dialog = create_dialog (mcs_plugin);
     setup_dialog (dialog);
 }