2 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index 9fa46109a5a..5b9083203b5 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ This is like `dired-recursive-delete-directory' for Tramp files."
           (narrow-to-region (point) (point))
           ;; We cannot use `insert-buffer-substring' because the Tramp
           ;; buffer changes its contents before insertion due to calling
-          ;; `expand-file' and alike.
+          ;; `expand-file-name' and alike.
           (insert
            (with-current-buffer (tramp-get-buffer v)
              (buffer-string)))
@@ -4865,7 +4865,7 @@ connection if a previous connection has died for some reason."
               (when (and p (processp p))
                 (delete-process p))
               (setenv "TERM" tramp-terminal-type)
-              (setenv "LC_ALL" "en_US.utf8")
+              (setenv "LC_ALL" (tramp-get-local-locale vec))
               (if (stringp tramp-histfile-override)
                   (setenv "HISTFILE" tramp-histfile-override)
                 (if tramp-histfile-override
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index 43962169d5a..19dced6c2f3 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -3939,6 +3939,26 @@ This is used internally by `tramp-file-mode-from-int'."
       (tramp-compat-funcall 'group-gid)
     (nth 3 (tramp-compat-file-attributes "~/" id-format))))
 
+(defun tramp-get-local-locale (&optional vec)
+  ;; We use key nil for local connection properties.
+  (with-tramp-connection-property nil "locale"
+    (let ((candidates '("en_US.utf8" "C.utf8" "en_US.UTF-8"))
+          locale)
+      (with-temp-buffer
+        (unless (or (memq system-type '(windows-nt))
+                    (not (zerop (tramp-call-process
+                                 nil "locale" nil t nil "-a"))))
+          (while candidates
+            (goto-char (point-min))
+            (if (string-match (format "^%s\r?$" (regexp-quote (car candidates)))
+                              (buffer-string))
+                (setq locale (car candidates)
+                      candidates nil)
+              (setq candidates (cdr candidates))))))
+      ;; Return value.
+      (when vec (tramp-message vec 7 "locale %s" (or locale "C")))
+      (or locale "C"))))
+
 ;;;###tramp-autoload
 (defun tramp-check-cached-permissions (vec access)
   "Check `file-attributes' caches for VEC.