--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/util/locale_utils.cc
++++ b/src/util/locale_utils.cc
+@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ const char *locale_charset( void )
+
+ bool is_utf8_locale( void ) {
+ /* Verify locale calls for UTF-8 */
+- if ( strcmp( locale_charset(), "UTF-8" ) != 0 &&
+- strcmp( locale_charset(), "utf-8" ) != 0 ) {
+- return 0;
+- }
++ //if ( strcmp( locale_charset(), "UTF-8" ) != 0 &&
++ // strcmp( locale_charset(), "utf-8" ) != 0 ) {
++ // return 0;
++ //}
+ return 1;
+ }
+