diff --git a/src/chgrp.c b/src/chgrp.c
index 7be402ca4..046f0e7fd 100644
--- a/src/chgrp.c
+++ b/src/chgrp.c
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   int optc;
 
   program_name = argv[0];
+  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  textdomain (PACKAGE);
+
   recurse = force_silent = verbose = changes_only = 0;
 
   while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Rcfnv", long_options, (int *) 0))