diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5bb5c2931..b4994af30 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2011-10-17  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
+	* OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m (sogo_backend_init): invoke
+	-[NSProcessInfo initializeWithArguments:count:environment:] in
+	order to avoid an infinite loop with GNUstep occurring under
+	strange circumstances.
+
 	* OpenChange/MAPIStoreMapping.m (-initForUsername:withIndexing:):
 	attach the struct tdb_wrap *indexing to a new memCtx ivar, in
 	order to make sure its value is retained until the release of the
diff --git a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m
index edd758aad..6027e12a5 100644
--- a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m
+++ b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ sogo_backend_init (void)
      the encoding specified in the file. */
   putenv ("GNUSTEP_STRING_ENCODING=NSUTF8StringEncoding");
 
+  [NSProcessInfo initializeWithArguments: NULL
+                                   count: 0
+                             environment: environ];
+
   [SOGoSystemDefaults sharedSystemDefaults];
 
   // /* We force the plugin to base its configuration on the SOGo tree. */