diff --git a/Authors b/Authors
index 8b29e6cc..a7232152 100644
--- a/Authors
+++ b/Authors
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Ken Pepple <ken.pepple@gmail.com>
 Kevin L. Mitchell <kevin.mitchell@rackspace.com>
 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
 Matt Dietz <matt.dietz@rackspace.com>
+Mike Lundy <mike@pistoncloud.com>
 Monty Taylor <mordred@inaugust.com>
 Rick Clark <rick@openstack.org>
 Rick Harris <rconradharris@gmail.com>
diff --git a/glance/__init__.py b/glance/__init__.py
index b6069570..b6d314b4 100644
--- a/glance/__init__.py
+++ b/glance/__init__.py
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
+
+import gettext
+
+gettext.install('glance', unicode=1)