diff --git a/src/pam_panic/pam_panic.c b/src/pam_panic/pam_panic.c
index 6face42..873c271 100644
--- a/src/pam_panic/pam_panic.c
+++ b/src/pam_panic/pam_panic.c
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_authenticate(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags,	int argc, cons
   int8_t bPoweroff = 0;
   int8_t bPassword = 0;
 
+  // gettext
+  setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+  bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
   // Regex for checking arguments
   regex_t regex;