diff --git a/src/event.cxx b/src/event.cxx
index 9affbe6..a53e7a0 100644
--- a/src/event.cxx
+++ b/src/event.cxx
@@ -4071,6 +4071,10 @@ CEvent::SetLanguage (Language lang)
 
   {
     putenv (env);
+#ifndef EMSCRIPTEN
+    extern int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;
+    ++_nl_msg_cat_cntr;
+#endif /* EMSCRIPTEN */
   }
 
   SDL_SetWindowTitle (g_window, gettext ("Planet Blupi"));