--- rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2004/02/22 08:28:36	1.32
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2004/02/22 10:37:54	1.33
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
 {
 #if HAVE_XSETLOCALE || HAVE_SETLOCALE
   free (this->locale);
-  this->locale = rxvt_strdup (setlocale (LC_CTYPE, ""));
+  this->locale = rxvt_strdup (setlocale (LC_CTYPE, locale));
   SET_LOCALE (this->locale);
   mbstate.reset ();
 #endif