1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 37ccfd5ba..a6690e8bd 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ format_utc:
                         }
                 } else if (opt & DATE_OPT_RFC2822) {
                         /* Undo busybox.c for date -R */
-                        setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
+                        if (ENABLE_LOCALE_SUPPORT)
+                                setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
                         strcpy(date_fmt, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S ");
                         i = 22;
                         goto format_utc;