1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/basename.c b/src/basename.c
index 1f0d682ef..f76defb91 100644
--- a/src/basename.c
+++ b/src/basename.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   char *name;
 
+  initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
   program_name = argv[0];
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);