Index: bin/mkdir/mkdir.c
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--- bin/mkdir/mkdir.c	(revision 304289)
+++ bin/mkdir/mkdir.c	(working copy)
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 #include <err.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@
 	void *set = NULL;
 	char *mode;
 
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
 	omode = pflag = 0;
 	mode = NULL;
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "m:pv")) != -1)