diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
index b4b87b6f10afabfb9e8015ce69f0ff89be4021b8..30ecbd3779ef923bd76c548a63c8715586472aac 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.172 2009/01/05 13:57:12 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.173 2009/03/08 16:07:12 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "catalog/pg_authid.h"
+#include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
 #include "storage/fd.h"
@@ -1241,6 +1242,7 @@ pg_bindtextdomain(const char *domain)
 
 		get_locale_path(my_exec_path, locale_path);
 		bindtextdomain(domain, locale_path);
+		pg_bind_textdomain_codeset(domain, GetDatabaseEncoding());
 	}
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c b/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
index f5ba80d101d5e6f40f4cc9ff772a0261c04f4d39..cf6e5d0824f1955d8331a40f2cb1381502fdb105 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * (currently mule internal code (mic) is used)
  * Tatsuo Ishii
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c,v 1.79 2009/03/02 15:10:09 teodor Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c,v 1.80 2009/03/08 16:07:12 alvherre Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
 
@@ -891,22 +891,27 @@ SetDatabaseEncoding(int encoding)
 	DatabaseEncoding = &pg_enc2name_tbl[encoding];
 	Assert(DatabaseEncoding->encoding == encoding);
 
-	/*
-	 * On Windows, we need to explicitly bind gettext to the correct
-	 * encoding, because gettext() tends to get confused.
-	 */
+	pg_bind_textdomain_codeset(textdomain(NULL), encoding);
+}
+
+/*
+ * On Windows, we need to explicitly bind gettext to the correct
+ * encoding, because gettext() tends to get confused.
+ */
+void
+pg_bind_textdomain_codeset(const char *domainname, int encoding)
+{
 #if defined(ENABLE_NLS) && defined(WIN32)
-	{
-		int	i;
+	int     i;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < sizeof(codeset_map_array) / sizeof(codeset_map_array[0]); i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < lengthof(codeset_map_array); i++)
+	{
+		if (codeset_map_array[i].encoding == encoding)
 		{
-			if (codeset_map_array[i].encoding == encoding)
-			{
-				if (bind_textdomain_codeset(textdomain(NULL), codeset_map_array[i].codeset) == NULL)
-					elog(LOG, "bind_textdomain_codeset failed");
-				break;
-			}
+			if (bind_textdomain_codeset(domainname,
+										codeset_map_array[i].codeset) == NULL)
+				elog(LOG, "bind_textdomain_codeset failed");
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h b/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
index 12820d4e20b9f553b5d27f7ef766c84727a2cb99..9d37191eabaeb72928c3b3562d3657cd13f28940 100644
--- a/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
+++ b/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h,v 1.84 2009/02/10 19:29:39 petere Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h,v 1.85 2009/03/08 16:07:12 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *	NOTES
  *		This is used both by the backend and by libpq, but should not be
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ extern const char *pg_get_client_encoding_name(void);
 extern void SetDatabaseEncoding(int encoding);
 extern int	GetDatabaseEncoding(void);
 extern const char *GetDatabaseEncodingName(void);
+extern void pg_bind_textdomain_codeset(const char *domainname, int encoding);
 
 extern int	pg_valid_client_encoding(const char *name);
 extern int	pg_valid_server_encoding(const char *name);