diff --git a/bin/nova-all b/bin/nova-all
index d96b7160..af947d36 100755
--- a/bin/nova-all
+++ b/bin/nova-all
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ continue attempting to launch the rest of the services.
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False)
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.objectstore import s3server
diff --git a/bin/nova-api b/bin/nova-api
index d21d955c..171a23ea 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api
+++ b/bin/nova-api
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Starts both the EC2 and OpenStack APIs in separate greenthreads.
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False)
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
diff --git a/bin/nova-api-ec2 b/bin/nova-api-ec2
index d1b3d45e..a3e1be01 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api-ec2
+++ b/bin/nova-api-ec2
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False)
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
diff --git a/bin/nova-api-metadata b/bin/nova-api-metadata
index e7cac260..2005d671 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api-metadata
+++ b/bin/nova-api-metadata
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False)
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
diff --git a/bin/nova-api-os-compute b/bin/nova-api-os-compute
index 02f16a04..c2aa9e57 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api-os-compute
+++ b/bin/nova-api-os-compute
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False)
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, "nova", "__init__.py")):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
diff --git a/bin/nova-baremetal-deploy-helper b/bin/nova-baremetal-deploy-helper
index 75630577..975fc761 100755
--- a/bin/nova-baremetal-deploy-helper
+++ b/bin/nova-baremetal-deploy-helper
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import eventlet
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 import threading
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
+
 import cgi
 import Queue
 import re
diff --git a/bin/nova-cells b/bin/nova-cells
index bb955e9e..380e7126 100755
--- a/bin/nova-cells
+++ b/bin/nova-cells
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
+
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
 from nova import service
diff --git a/bin/nova-cert b/bin/nova-cert
index c6d9ddba..861f3ba8 100755
--- a/bin/nova-cert
+++ b/bin/nova-cert
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ POSSIBLE_TOPDIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(POSSIBLE_TOPDIR, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, POSSIBLE_TOPDIR)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
diff --git a/bin/nova-compute b/bin/nova-compute
index 26d81d8c..a7ca4de5 100755
--- a/bin/nova-compute
+++ b/bin/nova-compute
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if os.name == 'nt':
 else:
     eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 import traceback
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ POSSIBLE_TOPDIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(POSSIBLE_TOPDIR, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, POSSIBLE_TOPDIR)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 import nova.db.api
diff --git a/bin/nova-conductor b/bin/nova-conductor
index 30d426f4..72e89804 100755
--- a/bin/nova-conductor
+++ b/bin/nova-conductor
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
diff --git a/bin/nova-console b/bin/nova-console
index 6d656910..af037bb3 100755
--- a/bin/nova-console
+++ b/bin/nova-console
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
diff --git a/bin/nova-consoleauth b/bin/nova-consoleauth
index 0cbec669..f867c8c7 100755
--- a/bin/nova-consoleauth
+++ b/bin/nova-consoleauth
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.consoleauth import manager
diff --git a/bin/nova-network b/bin/nova-network
index d0ee61ed..b7978521 100755
--- a/bin/nova-network
+++ b/bin/nova-network
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging
diff --git a/bin/nova-novncproxy b/bin/nova-novncproxy
index 29981f53..c40fdbfd 100755
--- a/bin/nova-novncproxy
+++ b/bin/nova-novncproxy
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ Websocket proxy that is compatible with OpenStack Nova
 noVNC consoles. Leverages websockify.py by Joel Martin
 """
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
+
 from nova import config
 from nova.console import websocketproxy
 
diff --git a/bin/nova-objectstore b/bin/nova-objectstore
index 8ec9fbf3..f6086894 100755
--- a/bin/nova-objectstore
+++ b/bin/nova-objectstore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.objectstore import s3server
diff --git a/bin/nova-spicehtml5proxy b/bin/nova-spicehtml5proxy
index 012a202e..1d8fe81d 100755
--- a/bin/nova-spicehtml5proxy
+++ b/bin/nova-spicehtml5proxy
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ Websocket proxy that is compatible with OpenStack Nova
 SPICE HTML5 consoles. Leverages websockify.py by Joel Martin
 """
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
+
 from nova import config
 from nova.console import websocketproxy
 
diff --git a/bin/nova-xvpvncproxy b/bin/nova-xvpvncproxy
index 6ad61d0b..905c3de4 100755
--- a/bin/nova-xvpvncproxy
+++ b/bin/nova-xvpvncproxy
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import eventlet
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
 
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'nova', '__init__.py')):
     sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
+gettext.install('nova', unicode=1)
 
 from nova import config
 from nova.openstack.common import log as logging