diff --git a/lib/ipmi_main.c b/lib/ipmi_main.c
index cb7d01b..d9aa0a1 100644
--- a/lib/ipmi_main.c
+++ b/lib/ipmi_main.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 
 #include <ipmitool/helper.h>
 #include <ipmitool/log.h>
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
 #include <ipmitool/ipmi_user.h>
 #include <ipmitool/ipmi_raw.h>
 #include <ipmitool/ipmi_pef.h>
+#include <ipmitool/ipmi_time.h>
 #include <ipmitool/ipmi_oem.h>
 #include <ipmitool/ipmi_ekanalyzer.h>
 #include <ipmitool/ipmi_picmg.h>
@@ -353,6 +355,9 @@ ipmi_main(int argc, char ** argv,
 	char sol_escape_char = SOL_ESCAPE_CHARACTER_DEFAULT;
 	char * devfile  = NULL;
 
+	/* Set program locale according to system settings */
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
 	/* save program name */
 	progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
 	progname = ((!progname) ? argv[0] : progname+1);