1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/gcov.c b/gcc/gcov.c
index a1c57e5..457c4ad 100644
--- a/gcc/gcov.c
+++ b/gcc/gcov.c
@@ -242,9 +242,16 @@ main (argc, argv)
      int argc;
      char **argv;
 {
+/* LC_CTYPE determines the character set used by the terminal so it has be set
+   to output messages correctly.  */
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LC_MESSAGES
+  setlocale (LC_CTYPE, "");
   setlocale (LC_MESSAGES, "");
+#else
+  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 #endif
+
   (void) bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, localedir);
   (void) textdomain (PACKAGE);