diff --git a/source/blender/ftfont/intern/FTF_TTFont.cpp b/source/blender/ftfont/intern/FTF_TTFont.cpp
index d089abe5c49..5be311a4f10 100644
--- a/source/blender/ftfont/intern/FTF_TTFont.cpp
+++ b/source/blender/ftfont/intern/FTF_TTFont.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ void FTF_TTFont::SetLanguage(char* str)
 
 
 	bindtextdomain(DOMAIN_NAME, messagepath);
+	bind_textdomain_codeset(DOMAIN_NAME, encoding_name);
 	textdomain(DOMAIN_NAME);
 
 	strcpy(language, str);
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ void FTF_TTFont::SetLanguage(char* str)
 void FTF_TTFont::SetEncoding(char* str)
 {
 	strcpy(encoding_name, str);
+	bind_textdomain_codeset(DOMAIN_NAME, encoding_name);
 }