2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 90f222467..d696bbdac 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -9659,6 +9659,7 @@ preadfd(void)
                  */
                 {
                         const char *s = lookupvar("LC_ALL");
+                        if (!s) s = lookupvar("LC_CTYPE");
                         if (!s) s = lookupvar("LANG");
                         reinit_unicode(s);
                 }
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 1fa84dc4f..fc9b89b55 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -2045,6 +2045,7 @@ static void get_user_input(struct in_str *i)
                  * shell was started. Therefore, re-check LANG every time:
                  */
                 const char *s = get_local_var_value("LC_ALL");
+                if (!s) s = get_local_var_value("LC_CTYPE");
                 if (!s) s = get_local_var_value("LANG");
                 reinit_unicode(s);