--- rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2004/02/13 13:28:17	1.27
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2004/02/21 22:14:00	1.30
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  *                              - extensive modifications
  * Copyright (c) 1999      D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>
  *                              - QNX support
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -808,6 +809,8 @@
 #if HAVE_XSETLOCALE || HAVE_SETLOCALE
   free (this->locale);
   this->locale = rxvt_strdup (setlocale (LC_CTYPE, ""));
+  SET_LOCALE (this->locale);
+  mbstate.reset ();
 #endif
 #if HAVE_NL_LANGINFO
   free (codeset);