1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/strings.c b/miscutils/strings.c
index fea9edbed..b4c5854cf 100644
--- a/miscutils/strings.c
+++ b/miscutils/strings.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int strings_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 count = 0;
                 do {
                         c = fgetc(file);
-                        if (isprint(c) || c == '\t') {
+                        if (isprint_asciionly(c) || c == '\t') {
                                 if (count > n) {
                                         bb_putchar(c);
                                 } else {