2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/util.cc b/src/lib/util.cc
index 53bdb4c79..e043f8576 100644
--- a/src/lib/util.cc
+++ b/src/lib/util.cc
@@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ dvdomatic_setup ()
 	ui_thread = this_thread::get_id ();
 }
 
+void
+dvdomatic_setup_i18n (string lang)
+{
+	bindtextdomain ("libdvdomatic", LOCALE_PREFIX);
+	setlocale (LC_ALL, lang.c_str ());
+}
+
 /** @param start Start position for the crop within the image.
  *  @param size Size of the cropped area.
  *  @return FFmpeg crop filter string.
diff --git a/src/lib/util.h b/src/lib/util.h
index ec67469c1..60498be5a 100644
--- a/src/lib/util.h
+++ b/src/lib/util.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ extern void stacktrace (std::ostream &, int);
 extern std::string dependency_version_summary ();
 extern double seconds (struct timeval);
 extern void dvdomatic_setup ();
+extern void dvdomatic_setup_i18n (std::string);
 extern std::vector<std::string> split_at_spaces_considering_quotes (std::string);
 extern std::string md5_digest (std::string);
 extern std::string md5_digest (void const *, int);