diff -urb libvmime-0.9.2.orig/src/platforms/posix/posixHandler.cpp libvmime-0.9.2/src/platforms/posix/posixHandler.cpp
--- libvmime-0.9.2.orig/src/platforms/posix/posixHandler.cpp	2009-12-09 12:23:06.000000000 +0100
+++ libvmime-0.9.2/src/platforms/posix/posixHandler.cpp	2014-01-17 17:42:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -153,11 +153,7 @@
 {
 	const PLockHelper lock;
 
-	const char* prevLocale = ::setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-	vmime::charset ch(::nl_langinfo(CODESET));
-	::setlocale(LC_ALL, prevLocale);
-
-	return (ch);
+	return vmime::charset(::nl_langinfo(CODESET));
 }