1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/toplev.c b/gcc/toplev.c
index 1e98568d7b3..572532f0749 100644
--- a/gcc/toplev.c
+++ b/gcc/toplev.c
@@ -4525,9 +4525,16 @@ main (argc, argv)
     --p;
   progname = p;
 
+/* 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);