diff --git a/gnome-desktop-2.10.0-init-i18n.patch b/gnome-desktop-2.10.0-init-i18n.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2ca777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-desktop-2.10.0-init-i18n.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- gnome-desktop-2.10.0/libgnome-desktop/gnome-desktop-item.c	30 Jan 2005 17:17:49 -0000	1.141
++++ gnome-desktop-2.10.0/libgnome-desktop/gnome-desktop-item.c	29 Apr 2005 16:58:39 -0000
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+-#include <glib/gi18n.h>
++#include <glib/gi18n-lib.h>
+ #include <libgnome/gnome-util.h>
+ #include <libgnome/gnome-exec.h>
+ #include <libgnome/gnome-url.h>
+@@ -348,6 +348,17 @@ GnomeDesktopItem *
+ gnome_desktop_item_new (void)
+ {
+ 	GnomeDesktopItem *retval;
++
++	static gboolean _gnome_desktop_i18n_initialized = FALSE;
++
++	/* initialize i18n if needed */
++	if (!_gnome_desktop_i18n_initialized) {
++		bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, GNOMELOCALEDIR);
++#    ifdef HAVE_BIND_TEXTDOMAIN_CODESET
++		bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
++#    endif
++		_gnome_desktop_i18n_initialized = TRUE;
++	}
+ 
+ 	retval = g_new0 (GnomeDesktopItem, 1);
+ 
diff --git a/gnome-desktop.spec b/gnome-desktop.spec
index 616deff..6033fc2 100644
--- a/gnome-desktop.spec
+++ b/gnome-desktop.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 Summary: Package containing code shared among gnome-panel, gnome-session, nautilus, etc.
 Name: gnome-desktop
 Version: 2.10.0
-Release: 3
+Release: 4
 URL: http://www.gnome.org
 Source0: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/pre-gnome2/sources/gnome-desktop/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: %{name}-2.8.0-extrapo.tar.bz2
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
 
 Patch1:   gnome-desktop-2.1.90-kdetheme.patch
 Patch2:   gnome-desktop-2.9.91-desktop.patch
+Patch3:   gnome-desktop-2.10.0-init-i18n.patch
 
 Requires: redhat-artwork
 Requires: redhat-menus
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ libgnomedesktop
 
 %patch1 -p1 -b .kdetheme
 %patch2 -p1 -b .menu
+%patch3 -p1 -b .init-i18n
 
 cp -f %{SOURCE2} pixmaps/
 cp -f %{SOURCE3} pixmaps/
@@ -132,6 +134,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 #%{_datadir}/gtk-doc
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 16 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> - 2.10.0-4
+- run gettext initialization routines on startup (bug 155659)
+  (use right patch).
+
 * Thu May  5 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> - 2.10.0-3
 - Revert previous patch--it was wrong(bug 155659).