1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bin/nova-api b/bin/nova-api
index a9c53dbcd..2ae6a099a 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api
+++ b/bin/nova-api
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 Nova API daemon.
 """
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
+
 from nova import flags
 from nova import utils
 from nova import server