diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d99a732a..b30ddf33 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-02-03  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* NEWS, lib/defines.h: Switch to the C locale before sending
+	messages to syslog. The messages sent by shadow were not
+	translated, but error messages from PAM returned by pam_strerror()
+	were translated in the users's locale.
+
 2008-02-03  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* NEWS: newusers will behave more like useradd.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 93887c13..0d853b99 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ shadow-4.1.0 -> shadow-4.1.1						UNRELEASED
     generated in the same second.
 - packaging
   * Do not install the shadow library per default.
+- general
+  * Do not translate the messages sent to syslog. This avoids logging
+    PAM error messages in the users's locale.
 - chage
   * Fix bug which forbid to set the aging information of an account with a
     passwd entry, but no shadow entry.
diff --git a/lib/defines.h b/lib/defines.h
index e46b80fc..a3ab5aaf 100644
--- a/lib/defines.h
+++ b/lib/defines.h
@@ -142,13 +142,15 @@ char *strchr (), *strrchr (), *strtok ();
    syslogd should log the current system time for each event, and not
    trust the formatted time received from the unix domain (or worse,
    UDP) socket.  -MM */
+/* Avoid translated PAM error messages: Set LC_ALL to "C".
+ * --Nekral */
 #define SYSLOG(x)							\
 	do {								\
 		char *saved_locale = setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL);		\
 		if (saved_locale)					\
 			saved_locale = strdup(saved_locale);		\
 		if (saved_locale)					\
-			setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");			\
+			setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");			\
 		syslog x ;						\
 		if (saved_locale) {					\
 			setlocale(LC_ALL, saved_locale);		\