5 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index ca6950a162..ce9e7a4027 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static bool AppInitRPC(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+    SetupEnvironment();
+
     try
     {
         if(!AppInitRPC(argc, argv))
diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index 17aa0c9d4b..78c8b2ba0e 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+    SetupEnvironment();
+
     bool fRet = false;
 
     // Connect bitcoind signal handlers
diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index 31716ab825..45d7a52889 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ WId BitcoinApplication::getMainWinId() const
 #ifndef BITCOIN_QT_TEST
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    SetupEnvironment();
+
     /// 1. Parse command-line options. These take precedence over anything else.
     // Command-line options take precedence:
     ParseParameters(argc, argv);
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 00e29446d5..2e8500eeae 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -1404,3 +1404,19 @@ bool ParseInt32(const std::string& str, int32_t *out)
         n <= std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max();
 }
 
+void SetupEnvironment()
+{
+    #ifndef WIN32
+    try
+    {
+	#if BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION == 3
+            boost::filesystem::path::codecvt(); // Raises runtime error if current locale is invalid
+	#else				          // boost filesystem v2
+            std::locale();                      // Raises runtime error if current locale is invalid
+	#endif
+    } catch(std::runtime_error &e)
+    {
+        setenv("LC_ALL", "C", 1); // Force C locale
+    }
+    #endif
+}
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 27a08716dd..b252295e76 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ extern volatile bool fReopenDebugLog;
 
 void RandAddSeed();
 void RandAddSeedPerfmon();
+void SetupEnvironment();
 
 /* Return true if log accepts specified category */
 bool LogAcceptCategory(const char* category);