diff --git a/src/cmp.c b/src/cmp.c
index 26067d9..2482708 100644
--- a/src/cmp.c
+++ b/src/cmp.c
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   set_program_name (argv[0]);
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  bindtextdomain ("gnulib", GNULIB_LOCALEDIR);
   textdomain (PACKAGE);
   c_stack_action (nullptr);
   xstdopen ();
diff --git a/src/diff.c b/src/diff.c
index c465d40..fa6100e 100644
--- a/src/diff.c
+++ b/src/diff.c
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   set_program_name (argv[0]);
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  bindtextdomain ("gnulib", GNULIB_LOCALEDIR);
   textdomain (PACKAGE);
   c_stack_action (nullptr);
   function_regexp_list.buf = &function_regexp;
diff --git a/src/diff3.c b/src/diff3.c
index 1b935f8..fa5f5a6 100644
--- a/src/diff3.c
+++ b/src/diff3.c
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   set_program_name (argv[0]);
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  bindtextdomain ("gnulib", GNULIB_LOCALEDIR);
   textdomain (PACKAGE);
   c_stack_action (nullptr);
   xstdopen ();
diff --git a/src/sdiff.c b/src/sdiff.c
index 07b4510..7734a82 100644
--- a/src/sdiff.c
+++ b/src/sdiff.c
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   set_program_name (argv[0]);
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  bindtextdomain ("gnulib", GNULIB_LOCALEDIR);
   textdomain (PACKAGE);
   c_stack_action (cleanup);
   xstdopen ();