1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 785935e4..e2aff0c9 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *extra_stack;
 	int have_srcfile = 0;
 	SRCFILE *s;
+	const char *env_lc;
 
 	/* do these checks early */
 	if (getenv("TIDYMEM") != NULL)
@@ -261,6 +262,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 */
 	gawk_mb_cur_max = MB_CUR_MAX;
 	/* Without MBS_SUPPORT, gawk_mb_cur_max is 1. */
+#ifdef LIBC_IS_BORKED
+	env_lc = getenv("LC_ALL");
+	if (env_lc == NULL)
+		env_lc = getenv("LANG");
+	if (env_lc != NULL && env_lc[1] == '\0' && tolower(env_lc[0]) == 'c')
+		gawk_mb_cur_max = 1;
+#endif
 
 	/* init the cache for checking bytes if they're characters */
 	init_btowc_cache();