diff --git a/src/fe-text/fe-text.c b/src/fe-text/fe-text.c
index 90f86627..6accaad0 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/fe-text.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/fe-text.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <glib-object.h>
 #include "../common/hexchat.h"
 #include "../common/hexchatc.h"
 #include "../common/cfgfiles.h"
@@ -478,6 +479,8 @@ fe_args (int argc, char *argv[])
 	context = g_option_context_new (NULL);
 	g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, gopt_entries, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 	g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error);
+	
+	g_type_init ();
 
 	if (error)
 	{