diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 5fe3aa96e..a91552353 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2004-10-09  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* src/PeopleModel.py: sort top level nodes using locale.strcoll
+
 2004-10-08  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* src/GrampsDbBase.py: remove forced upper comparisons
 	* src/EditPerson.py: support for locale selected patronymic
diff --git a/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py b/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py
index ea1ed0c7d..9012e8cf8 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class PeopleModel(gtk.GenericTreeModel):
                 self.sname_sub[surname] = [person_handle]
 
         self.top_path2iter = self.sname_sub.keys()
-        self.top_path2iter.sort()
+        self.top_path2iter.sort(locale.strcoll)
         for name in self.top_path2iter:
             val = 0
             entries = self.sname_sub[name]