1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tmux.c b/tmux.c
index 1ee2a269..68cd4bb7 100644
--- a/tmux.c
+++ b/tmux.c
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	const char	*s;
 	int		 opt, flags, keys;
 
+
+	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "en_US.UTF-8");
 	setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
+
 	tzset();
 
 	if (**argv == '-')