diff --git a/src/server/ramkomd.c b/src/server/ramkomd.c
index 312af7cbf5dfd7af947c62c43ac1df3cabb2cb43..53e05abe159d091602fbfcb241771f9b9155d049 100644
--- a/src/server/ramkomd.c
+++ b/src/server/ramkomd.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
@@ -211,6 +212,8 @@ main (int    argc,
 
     s_set_storage_management(string_malloc, string_realloc, string_free);
 
+    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "iso_8859_1"); 
+      
     strcpy(ip_client_port, DEFAULT_CLIENT_SERVICE);
     strcpy(ip_mux_port,    DEFAULT_MUX_SERVICE);