diff --git a/shell/main.c b/shell/main.c
index e3ac0f327..4a6125e1f 100644
--- a/shell/main.c
+++ b/shell/main.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ main (gint    argc,
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
   textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 
+  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+
   initialize_dependencies (&argc, &argv);
 
   application = cc_application_new ();
diff --git a/subprojects/gvc b/subprojects/gvc
index 8e7a5a4c3..7a621180b 160000
--- a/subprojects/gvc
+++ b/subprojects/gvc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8e7a5a4c3e51007ce6579292642517e3d3eb9c50
+Subproject commit 7a621180b46421e356b33972e3446775a504139c