--- src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc.orig	2008-06-14 17:36:06.000000000 +0000
+++ src/FbTk/StringUtil.cc	2008-06-14 17:39:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
 #include "StringUtil.hh"
 
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <locale>
 #include <string>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -37,6 +40,26 @@
 
 namespace StringUtil {
 
+
+/* 
+ * structs needed for std::transform() 
+ * See: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/22_locale/howto.html#7 
+ */ 
+struct ToUpper { 
+  ToUpper(std::locale const& l) : loc(l) {;} 
+  char operator() (char c) const  { return std::toupper(c,loc); } 
+ private: 
+  std::locale const& loc; 
+}; 
+	 
+struct ToLower { 
+  ToLower(std::locale const& l) : loc(l) {;} 
+  char operator() (char c) const  { return std::tolower(c,loc); } 
+private: 
+  std::locale const& loc; 
+}; 
+
+
 /**
    Takes a pointer to string *s as an argument,
    creates a new string n, copies s to n and
@@ -160,14 +183,20 @@
 }
 
 std::string toLower(const std::string &conv) {
+
+    ToLower __tolower(std::locale::classic());
+
     std::string ret = conv;
-    std::transform(ret.begin(), ret.end(), ret.begin(), tolower);
+    std::transform(ret.begin(), ret.end(), ret.begin(), __tolower);
     return ret;
 }
 
 std::string toUpper(const std::string &conv) {
+
+    ToUpper __toupper(std::locale::classic());
+
     std::string ret = conv;
-    std::transform(ret.begin(), ret.end(), ret.begin(), toupper);
+    std::transform(ret.begin(), ret.end(), ret.begin(), __toupper);
     return ret;
 }