diff -ru netcat-0.7.1/src/netcat.c my/src/netcat.c
--- netcat-0.7.1/src/netcat.c	2003-08-28 21:20:25.000000000 +0400
+++ my/src/netcat.c	2007-11-30 23:28:07.628033868 +0300
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
   connect_sock.domain = PF_INET;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+  setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
   setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "");
   bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   textdomain(PACKAGE);