1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/unicode.c b/libbb/unicode.c
index 3519984d9..544528acd 100644
--- a/libbb/unicode.c
+++ b/libbb/unicode.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void FAST_FUNC check_unicode_in_env(void)
         unicode_is_enabled = 1;
 
         lang = getenv("LANG");
-        if (!lang || !strstr(lang, ".utf8"))
+        if (!lang || !(strstr(lang, ".utf") || strstr(lang, ".UTF")))
                 return;
 
         unicode_is_enabled = 2;