2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 070a136e..68a299de 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - gurpmi:
+  o ensure rpm error message are always in UTF-8
   o ensure urpmi messages are always in UTF-8
 
 Version 5.11 - 11 March 2008, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
diff --git a/gurpmi.pm b/gurpmi.pm
index abe9010d..8d1b860a 100644
--- a/gurpmi.pm
+++ b/gurpmi.pm
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use urpm::select;
 use Locale::gettext;
 
 Locale::gettext::bind_textdomain_codeset('urpmi', 'UTF8');
+URPM::bind_rpm_textdomain_codeset();
 
 use Exporter;
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);