diff --git a/src/server/ramkomd.c b/src/server/ramkomd.c
index d8f6f97fb4bd3d309e7c800bc3a8a0b5a8aba916..28cc43bb41c6d3dbd90a1d81d1e810d6ca84b0db 100644
--- a/src/server/ramkomd.c
+++ b/src/server/ramkomd.c
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ main (int    argc,
     {
         perror("setlocale");
 	exit(1);
+
+	if (!isprint(0344))
+	  fprintf(stderr, "*** setlocale(ISO 8859-1) didn't take!\n");
     }
     s_set_storage_management(string_malloc, string_realloc, string_free);