--- libncftp/open.c.orig	Mon Nov 17 16:30:07 1997
+++ libncftp/open.c	Sat Dec 13 17:15:42 1997
@@ -806,6 +806,11 @@
 	SOCKSinit("libncftp");
 	lip->socksInit = 1;
 #endif
+
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+#endif
+
 	return (kNoErr);
 }	/* FTPInitLibrary */
 
