2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index 402b7caa3f..3ac67505f0 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <langinfo.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -6115,3 +6117,26 @@ void *xbsearch_r(const void *key, const void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
         }
         return NULL;
 }
+
+bool is_locale_utf8(void) {
+        const char *set;
+        static int cached_answer = -1;
+
+        if (cached_answer >= 0)
+                goto out;
+
+        if (!setlocale(LC_ALL, "")) {
+                cached_answer = true;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
+        set = nl_langinfo(CODESET);
+        if (!set) {
+                cached_answer = true;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
+        cached_answer = streq(set, "UTF-8");
+out:
+        return (bool)cached_answer;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index 284035c33b..b979b0e89f 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -598,3 +598,5 @@ int parse_timestamp(const char *t, usec_t *usec);
 void *xbsearch_r(const void *key, const void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
                  int (*compar) (const void *, const void *, void *),
                  void *arg);
+
+bool is_locale_utf8(void);