--- rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2004/02/13 13:28:17	1.27
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2004/02/21 20:33:40	1.28
@@ -808,6 +808,8 @@
 #if HAVE_XSETLOCALE || HAVE_SETLOCALE
   free (this->locale);
   this->locale = rxvt_strdup (setlocale (LC_CTYPE, ""));
+  rxvt_set_locale (this->locale);
+  mbstate.reset ();
 #endif
 #if HAVE_NL_LANGINFO
   free (codeset);