diff --git a/xqf/ChangeLog b/xqf/ChangeLog
index 7f02126..e83ecd4 100644
--- a/xqf/ChangeLog
+++ b/xqf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Nov 17, 2002: Jordi Mallach <jordi@sindominio.net>
+- Initialize i18n for xqf-rcon.
+
 Nov 16, 2002: Alex Burger <alex_b@users.sourceforge.net>
 - Changed version to 0.9.10.1
 
diff --git a/xqf/src/rcon.c b/xqf/src/rcon.c
index 8ec2bcb..e6cb31d 100644
--- a/xqf/src/rcon.c
+++ b/xqf/src/rcon.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>   // select
 
 #ifdef RCON_STANDALONE
+#  ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+#  include <locale.h>
+#  endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <readline/readline.h>
 #include <readline/history.h>
@@ -614,6 +617,17 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   char* buf = NULL;
   int res;
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+#  ifdef HAVE_LC_MESSAGES
+  setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
+  setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "");
+#  else
+  setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+#  endif
+  bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  textdomain(PACKAGE);
+#endif
+
   rcon_servertype = Q3_SERVER;
 
   if(argc>1)