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diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index be10647fc..e9ae2bd50 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -51,13 +51,23 @@ function common_init_locale($language=null)
function common_init_language()
{
mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
+
+ // gettext seems very picky... We first need to setlocale()
+ // to a locale which _does_ exist on the system, and _then_
+ // we can set in another locale that may not be set up
+ // (say, ga_ES for Galego/Galician) it seems to take it.
+ common_init_locale("en_US");
+
$language = common_language();
- // So we don't have to make people install the gettext locales
$locale_set = common_init_locale($language);
- bindtextdomain("statusnet", common_config('site','locale_path'));
+ setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'C');
+
+ // So we don't have to make people install the gettext locales
+ $path = common_config('site','locale_path');
+ bindtextdomain("statusnet", $path);
bind_textdomain_codeset("statusnet", "UTF-8");
textdomain("statusnet");
- setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'C');
+
if(!$locale_set) {
common_log(LOG_INFO, 'Language requested:' . $language . ' - locale could not be set. Perhaps that system locale is not installed.', __FILE__);
}