diff --git a/src/common/intl.cpp b/src/common/intl.cpp
index a63fa77a05..ec2362d7e8 100644
--- a/src/common/intl.cpp
+++ b/src/common/intl.cpp
@@ -300,9 +300,18 @@ static wxString GetFullSearchPath(const wxChar *lang)
 }
 
 // open disk file and read in it's contents
-bool wxMsgCatalog::Load(const wxChar *szDirPrefix, const wxChar *szName)
+bool wxMsgCatalog::Load(const wxChar *szDirPrefix, const wxChar *szName0)
 {
+   /* We need to handle locales like  de_AT.iso-8859-1
+      For this we first chop off the .CHARSET specifier and ignore it.
+      FIXME: UNICODE SUPPORT: must use CHARSET specifier!
+   */
+   wxString szName = szName0;
+   if(szName.Find('.') != -1) // contains a dot
+      szName = szName.Left(szName.Find('.'));
+   
   // FIXME VZ: I forgot the exact meaning of LC_PATH - anyone to remind me?
+  // KB: search path where to find the mo files, probably : delimited
 #if 0
   const wxChar *pszLcPath = wxGetenv("LC_PATH");
   if ( pszLcPath != NULL )