diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e21d9bb7d..f9c8761e7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-07-02  Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>
+
+	http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116568
+	* gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-xsettings.c
+	(gnome_xft_settings_set_xresources) : generate values in locale C
+
 2003-06-27  Richard Hult  <richard@imendio.com>
 
 	* typing-break/drw-intl.h: Remove this and use gnome-i18n.h
diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-xsettings.c b/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-xsettings.c
index a19bdbcfa..55cc51545 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-xsettings.c
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-xsettings.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <libgnome/gnome-i18n.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 
 #include "gnome-settings-daemon.h"
 #include "gnome-settings-xsettings.h"
@@ -348,7 +349,9 @@ gnome_xft_settings_set_xresources (GnomeXftSettings *settings)
 {
   char *add[] = { "xrdb", "-merge", NULL };
   GString *add_string = g_string_new (NULL);
+  char *old_locale = g_strdup (setlocale (LC_NUMERIC, NULL));
 
+  setlocale (LC_NUMERIC, "C");
   g_string_append_printf (add_string,
 			  "Xft.dpi: %f\n", settings->dpi / 1024.);
   g_string_append_printf (add_string,
@@ -363,6 +366,8 @@ gnome_xft_settings_set_xresources (GnomeXftSettings *settings)
   gnome_settings_daemon_spawn_with_input (add, add_string->str);
 
   g_string_free (add_string, TRUE);
+  setlocale (LC_NUMERIC, old_locale);
+  g_free (old_locale);
 }
 
 /* We mirror the Xft properties both through XSETTINGS and through