--- qt-x11-opensource-src-4.8.0/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp~	2012-01-13 19:08:19.000000000 +0400
+++ qt-x11-opensource-src-4.8.0/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp	2012-01-13 19:16:34.000000000 +0400
@@ -631,10 +631,13 @@ static void setupLocaleMapper()
         // Get the first nonempty value from $LC_ALL, $LC_CTYPE, and $LANG
         // environment variables.
         QByteArray lang = qgetenv("LC_ALL");
-        if (lang.isEmpty() || lang == "C") {
+        if (lang.isEmpty()) {
+            lang = qgetenv("LC_MESSAGES");
+        }
+        if (lang.isEmpty()) {
             lang = qgetenv("LC_CTYPE");
         }
-        if (lang.isEmpty() || lang == "C") {
+        if (lang.isEmpty()) {
             lang = qgetenv("LANG");
         }
 
--- qt-x11-opensource-src-4.8.0/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec.cpp~	2012-01-13 19:08:19.000000000 +0400
+++ qt-x11-opensource-src-4.8.0/src/corelib/codecs/qiconvcodec.cpp	2012-01-13 19:18:53.000000000 +0400
@@ -495,11 +495,15 @@ iconv_t QIconvCodec::createIconv_t(const
         // Get the first nonempty value from $LC_ALL, $LC_CTYPE, and $LANG
         // environment variables.
         char * lang = qstrdup(qgetenv("LC_ALL").constData());
-        if (!lang || lang[0] == 0 || strcmp(lang, "C") == 0) {
+        if (!lang || lang[0] == 0) {
+            if (lang) delete [] lang;
+            lang = qstrdup(qgetenv("LC_MESSAGES").constData());
+        }
+        if (!lang || lang[0] == 0) {
             if (lang) delete [] lang;
             lang = qstrdup(qgetenv("LC_CTYPE").constData());
         }
-        if (!lang || lang[0] == 0 || strcmp(lang, "C") == 0) {
+        if (!lang || lang[0] == 0) {
             if (lang) delete [] lang;
             lang = qstrdup(qgetenv("LANG").constData());
         }