diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/locale.h b/newlib/libc/include/locale.h
index 95e27e761..a195c195e 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/locale.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/locale.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define _LOCALE_H_
 
 #include "_ansi.h"
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
 
 #define __need_NULL
 #include <stddef.h>
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/Makefile.am b/newlib/libc/locale/Makefile.am
index 86a95cc8c..666ca5f39 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/locale/Makefile.am
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/Makefile.am
@@ -4,19 +4,23 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = cygnus
 
 INCLUDES = $(NEWLIB_CFLAGS) $(CROSS_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 
-GENERAL_SOURCES = setlocale.h
+GENERAL_SOURCES = setlocale.h locale.c localeconv.c
 
 ## The following interfaces are EL/IX level 2
 if ELIX_LEVEL_1
 ELIX_SOURCES =
 else
 ELIX_SOURCES = \
+	duplocale.c \
+	freelocale.c \
+	lctype.c \
 	lmessages.c \
 	lnumeric.c \
 	lmonetary.c \
+	newlocale.c \
 	nl_langinfo.c \
 	timelocal.c \
-	lctype.c
+	uselocale.c
 endif
 
 liblocale_la_LDFLAGS = -Xcompiler -nostdlib
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/Makefile.in b/newlib/libc/locale/Makefile.in
index 2897d6b88..43b7f8840 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/locale/Makefile.in
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/Makefile.in
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.11.6 from Makefile.am.
+# Makefile.in generated by automake 1.12.2 from Makefile.am.
 # @configure_input@
 
-# Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
-# 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1994-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
 # This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -54,15 +53,11 @@ POST_UNINSTALL = :
 build_triplet = @build@
 host_triplet = @host@
 DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/../../Makefile.shared $(srcdir)/Makefile.in \
-	$(srcdir)/Makefile.am
+	$(srcdir)/Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs
 subdir = locale
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
-am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/../../libtool.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/../../ltoptions.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/../../ltsugar.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/../../ltversion.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/../../lt~obsolete.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/../acinclude.m4 $(top_srcdir)/configure.in
+am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/../acinclude.m4 \
+	$(top_srcdir)/configure.in
 am__configure_deps = $(am__aclocal_m4_deps) $(CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES) \
 	$(ACLOCAL_M4)
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs
@@ -72,21 +67,27 @@ LIBRARIES = $(noinst_LIBRARIES)
 ARFLAGS = cru
 lib_a_AR = $(AR) $(ARFLAGS)
 lib_a_LIBADD =
-am__objects_1 = lib_a-locale.$(OBJEXT)
-@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@am__objects_2 = lib_a-lmessages.$(OBJEXT) \
+am__objects_1 = lib_a-locale.$(OBJEXT) lib_a-localeconv.$(OBJEXT)
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@am__objects_2 = lib_a-duplocale.$(OBJEXT) \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-freelocale.$(OBJEXT) \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-lctype.$(OBJEXT) \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-lmessages.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-lnumeric.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-lmonetary.$(OBJEXT) \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-newlocale.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-nl_langinfo.$(OBJEXT) \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-timelocal.$(OBJEXT) \
-@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-lctype.$(OBJEXT)
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lib_a-uselocale.$(OBJEXT)
 @USE_LIBTOOL_FALSE@am_lib_a_OBJECTS = $(am__objects_1) \
 @USE_LIBTOOL_FALSE@	$(am__objects_2)
 lib_a_OBJECTS = $(am_lib_a_OBJECTS)
 LTLIBRARIES = $(noinst_LTLIBRARIES)
 liblocale_la_LIBADD =
-am__objects_3 = locale.lo
-@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@am__objects_4 = lmessages.lo lnumeric.lo lmonetary.lo \
-@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	nl_langinfo.lo timelocal.lo lctype.lo
+am__objects_3 = locale.lo localeconv.lo
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@am__objects_4 = duplocale.lo freelocale.lo \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lctype.lo lmessages.lo lnumeric.lo \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lmonetary.lo newlocale.lo nl_langinfo.lo \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	timelocal.lo uselocale.lo
 @USE_LIBTOOL_TRUE@am_liblocale_la_OBJECTS = $(am__objects_3) \
 @USE_LIBTOOL_TRUE@	$(am__objects_4)
 liblocale_la_OBJECTS = $(am_liblocale_la_OBJECTS)
@@ -173,8 +174,10 @@ LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
 LIPO = @LIPO@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
 LTLIBOBJS = @LTLIBOBJS@
+LT_SYS_LIBRARY_PATH = @LT_SYS_LIBRARY_PATH@
 MAINT = @MAINT@
 MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@
+MANIFEST_TOOL = @MANIFEST_TOOL@
 MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
 NEWLIB_CFLAGS = @NEWLIB_CFLAGS@
 NM = @NM@
@@ -203,6 +206,7 @@ abs_builddir = @abs_builddir@
 abs_srcdir = @abs_srcdir@
 abs_top_builddir = @abs_top_builddir@
 abs_top_srcdir = @abs_top_srcdir@
+ac_ct_AR = @ac_ct_AR@
 ac_ct_CC = @ac_ct_CC@
 ac_ct_DUMPBIN = @ac_ct_DUMPBIN@
 aext = @aext@
@@ -261,14 +265,18 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = cygnus
 INCLUDES = $(NEWLIB_CFLAGS) $(CROSS_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
-GENERAL_SOURCES = setlocale.h
+GENERAL_SOURCES = setlocale.h locale.c localeconv.c
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@ELIX_SOURCES = \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	duplocale.c \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	freelocale.c \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lctype.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lmessages.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lnumeric.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lmonetary.c \
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	newlocale.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	nl_langinfo.c \
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	timelocal.c \
-@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	lctype.c
+@ELIX_LEVEL_1_FALSE@	uselocale.c
 
 @ELIX_LEVEL_1_TRUE@ELIX_SOURCES = 
 liblocale_la_LDFLAGS = -Xcompiler -nostdlib
@@ -336,12 +344,14 @@ lib.a: $(lib_a_OBJECTS) $(lib_a_DEPENDENCIES) $(EXTRA_lib_a_DEPENDENCIES)
 
 clean-noinstLTLIBRARIES:
 	-test -z "$(noinst_LTLIBRARIES)" || rm -f $(noinst_LTLIBRARIES)
-	@list='$(noinst_LTLIBRARIES)'; for p in $$list; do \
-	  dir="`echo $$p | sed -e 's|/[^/]*$$||'`"; \
-	  test "$$dir" != "$$p" || dir=.; \
-	  echo "rm -f \"$${dir}/so_locations\""; \
-	  rm -f "$${dir}/so_locations"; \
-	done
+	@list='$(noinst_LTLIBRARIES)'; \
+	locs=`for p in $$list; do echo $$p; done | \
+	      sed 's|^[^/]*$$|.|; s|/[^/]*$$||; s|$$|/so_locations|' | \
+	      sort -u`; \
+	test -z "$$locs" || { \
+	  echo rm -f $${locs}; \
+	  rm -f $${locs}; \
+	}
 liblocale.la: $(liblocale_la_OBJECTS) $(liblocale_la_DEPENDENCIES) $(EXTRA_liblocale_la_DEPENDENCIES) 
 	$(liblocale_la_LINK) $(am_liblocale_la_rpath) $(liblocale_la_OBJECTS) $(liblocale_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)
 
@@ -366,6 +376,30 @@ lib_a-locale.o: locale.c
 lib_a-locale.obj: locale.c
 	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-locale.obj `if test -f 'locale.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'locale.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/locale.c'; fi`
 
+lib_a-localeconv.o: localeconv.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-localeconv.o `test -f 'localeconv.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`localeconv.c
+
+lib_a-localeconv.obj: localeconv.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-localeconv.obj `if test -f 'localeconv.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'localeconv.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/localeconv.c'; fi`
+
+lib_a-duplocale.o: duplocale.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-duplocale.o `test -f 'duplocale.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`duplocale.c
+
+lib_a-duplocale.obj: duplocale.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-duplocale.obj `if test -f 'duplocale.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'duplocale.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/duplocale.c'; fi`
+
+lib_a-freelocale.o: freelocale.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-freelocale.o `test -f 'freelocale.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`freelocale.c
+
+lib_a-freelocale.obj: freelocale.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-freelocale.obj `if test -f 'freelocale.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'freelocale.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/freelocale.c'; fi`
+
+lib_a-lctype.o: lctype.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-lctype.o `test -f 'lctype.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`lctype.c
+
+lib_a-lctype.obj: lctype.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-lctype.obj `if test -f 'lctype.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'lctype.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/lctype.c'; fi`
+
 lib_a-lmessages.o: lmessages.c
 	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-lmessages.o `test -f 'lmessages.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`lmessages.c
 
@@ -384,6 +418,12 @@ lib_a-lmonetary.o: lmonetary.c
 lib_a-lmonetary.obj: lmonetary.c
 	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-lmonetary.obj `if test -f 'lmonetary.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'lmonetary.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/lmonetary.c'; fi`
 
+lib_a-newlocale.o: newlocale.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-newlocale.o `test -f 'newlocale.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`newlocale.c
+
+lib_a-newlocale.obj: newlocale.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-newlocale.obj `if test -f 'newlocale.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'newlocale.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/newlocale.c'; fi`
+
 lib_a-nl_langinfo.o: nl_langinfo.c
 	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-nl_langinfo.o `test -f 'nl_langinfo.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`nl_langinfo.c
 
@@ -396,11 +436,11 @@ lib_a-timelocal.o: timelocal.c
 lib_a-timelocal.obj: timelocal.c
 	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-timelocal.obj `if test -f 'timelocal.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'timelocal.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/timelocal.c'; fi`
 
-lib_a-lctype.o: lctype.c
-	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-lctype.o `test -f 'lctype.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`lctype.c
+lib_a-uselocale.o: uselocale.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-uselocale.o `test -f 'uselocale.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`uselocale.c
 
-lib_a-lctype.obj: lctype.c
-	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-lctype.obj `if test -f 'lctype.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'lctype.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/lctype.c'; fi`
+lib_a-uselocale.obj: uselocale.c
+	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(lib_a_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o lib_a-uselocale.obj `if test -f 'uselocale.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'uselocale.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/uselocale.c'; fi`
 
 mostlyclean-libtool:
 	-rm -f *.lo
@@ -457,6 +497,20 @@ GTAGS:
 	  && $(am__cd) $(top_srcdir) \
 	  && gtags -i $(GTAGS_ARGS) "$$here"
 
+cscopelist:  $(HEADERS) $(SOURCES) $(LISP)
+	list='$(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(LISP)'; \
+	case "$(srcdir)" in \
+	  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*) sdir="$(srcdir)" ;; \
+	  *) sdir=$(subdir)/$(srcdir) ;; \
+	esac; \
+	for i in $$list; do \
+	  if test -f "$$i"; then \
+	    echo "$(subdir)/$$i"; \
+	  else \
+	    echo "$$sdir/$$i"; \
+	  fi; \
+	done >> $(top_builddir)/cscope.files
+
 distclean-tags:
 	-rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
 check-am:
@@ -567,7 +621,7 @@ uninstall-am:
 
 .PHONY: CTAGS GTAGS all all-am check check-am clean clean-generic \
 	clean-libtool clean-noinstLIBRARIES clean-noinstLTLIBRARIES \
-	ctags distclean distclean-compile distclean-generic \
+	cscopelist ctags distclean distclean-compile distclean-generic \
 	distclean-libtool distclean-tags dvi dvi-am html html-am info \
 	info-am install install-am install-data install-data-am \
 	install-dvi install-dvi-am install-exec install-exec-am \
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/duplocale.c b/newlib/libc/locale/duplocale.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c4c79313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/duplocale.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#include <newlib.h>
+#include <reent.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "setlocale.h"
+
+struct __locale_t *
+_duplocale_r (struct _reent *p, struct __locale_t *locobj)
+{
+  struct __locale_t tmp_locale, *new_locale;
+  int i;
+
+  /* LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE denotes the global locale. */
+  if (locobj == LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE)
+    locobj = __get_global_locale ();
+  /* The "C" locale is used statically, never copied. */
+  else if (locobj == &__C_locale)
+    return (struct __locale_t *) &__C_locale;
+  /* Copy locale content. */
+  tmp_locale = *locobj;
+#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
+  for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
+    if (locobj->lc_cat[i].buf)
+      {
+	/* If the object is not a "C" locale category, copy it.  Just call
+	   __loadlocale.  It knows what to do to replicate the category. */
+	tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].ptr = NULL;
+	tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf = NULL;
+	if (!__loadlocale (&tmp_locale, i, tmp_locale.categories[i]))
+	  goto error;
+      }
+#endif
+  /* Allocate new locale_t. */
+  new_locale = (struct __locale_t *) _calloc_r (p, 1, sizeof *new_locale);
+  if (!new_locale)
+    goto error;
+
+  *new_locale = tmp_locale;
+  return new_locale;
+
+error:
+  /* An error occured while we had already (potentially) allocated memory.
+     Free memory and return NULL.  errno is supposed to be set already. */
+#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
+  while (--i > 0)
+    if (tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf)
+      {
+	_free_r (p, (void *) tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].ptr);
+	_free_r (p, tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf);
+      }
+#endif
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+#ifndef _REENT_ONLY
+struct __locale_t *
+duplocale (struct __locale_t *locobj)
+{
+  return _duplocale_r (_REENT, locobj);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/freelocale.c b/newlib/libc/locale/freelocale.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7eb5bf8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/freelocale.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <newlib.h>
+#include <reent.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "setlocale.h"
+
+void
+_freelocale_r (struct _reent *p, struct __locale_t *locobj)
+{
+  /* Sanity check.  The "C" locale is static, don't try to free it. */
+  if (!locobj || locobj == &__C_locale || locobj == LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE)
+    return;
+#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
+  for (int i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
+    if (locobj->lc_cat[i].buf)
+      {
+	_free_r (p, (void *) locobj->lc_cat[i].ptr);
+	_free_r (p, locobj->lc_cat[i].buf);
+      }
+#endif
+  _free_r (p, locobj);
+}
+
+void
+freelocale (struct __locale_t *locobj)
+{
+  _freelocale_r (_REENT, locobj);
+}
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/locale.c b/newlib/libc/locale/locale.c
index f6e9a9718..583e3e2cb 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/locale/locale.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/locale.c
@@ -190,16 +190,6 @@ int __EXPORT __mb_cur_max = 6;
 
 char *_PathLocale = NULL;
 
-static
-struct lconv lconv = 
-{
-  ".", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
-  CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX,
-  CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX,
-  CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX,
-  CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX
-};
-
 #ifdef _MB_CAPABLE
 /*
  * Category names for getenv()
@@ -292,8 +282,6 @@ struct __locale_t __global_locale =
    functionality for uselocale. */
 static char global_locale_string[_LC_LAST * (ENCODING_LEN + 1/*"/"*/ + 1)];
 static char *currentlocale (void);
-static char *loadlocale (struct __locale_t *, int, const char *);
-static const char *__get_locale_env(struct _reent *, int);
 
 #endif /* _MB_CAPABLE */
 
@@ -419,23 +407,23 @@ _DEFUN(_setlocale_r, (p, category, locale),
     }
 
   if (category != LC_ALL)
-    return loadlocale (__get_global_locale (), category,
-		       new_categories[category]);
+    return __loadlocale (__get_global_locale (), category,
+			 new_categories[category]);
 
   for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
     {
       strcpy (saved_categories[i], __get_global_locale ()->categories[i]);
-      if (loadlocale (__get_global_locale (), i, new_categories[i]) == NULL)
+      if (__loadlocale (__get_global_locale (), i, new_categories[i]) == NULL)
 	{
 	  saverr = p->_errno;
 	  for (j = 1; j < i; j++)
 	    {
 	      strcpy (new_categories[j], saved_categories[j]);
-	      if (loadlocale (__get_global_locale (), j, new_categories[j])
+	      if (__loadlocale (__get_global_locale (), j, new_categories[j])
 		  == NULL)
 		{
 		  strcpy (new_categories[j], "C");
-		  loadlocale (__get_global_locale (), j, new_categories[j]);
+		  __loadlocale (__get_global_locale (), j, new_categories[j]);
 		}
 	    }
 	  p->_errno = saverr;
@@ -471,8 +459,8 @@ currentlocale ()
 
 extern void __set_ctype (struct __locale_t *, const char *charset);
 
-static char *
-loadlocale (struct __locale_t *loc, int category, const char *new_locale)
+char *
+__loadlocale (struct __locale_t *loc, int category, const char *new_locale)
 {
   /* At this point a full-featured system would just load the locale
      specific data from the locale files.
@@ -945,7 +933,7 @@ restart:
   return strcpy(loc->categories[category], new_locale);
 }
 
-static const char *
+const char *
 __get_locale_env (struct _reent *p, int category)
 {
   const char *env;
@@ -991,257 +979,10 @@ _DEFUN_VOID (__locale_ctype_ptr)
 }
 #endif
 
-struct lconv *
-_DEFUN (_localeconv_r, (data), 
-	struct _reent *data)
+char *
+__locale_ctype_ptr_l (struct __locale_t *locale)
 {
-#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
-  const struct lc_numeric_T *n = __get_current_numeric_locale ();
-  const struct lc_monetary_T *m = __get_current_monetary_locale ();
-
-  lconv.decimal_point = (char *) n->decimal_point;
-  lconv.thousands_sep = (char *) n->thousands_sep;
-  lconv.grouping = (char *) n->grouping;
-  lconv.int_curr_symbol = (char *) m->int_curr_symbol;
-  lconv.currency_symbol = (char *) m->currency_symbol;
-  lconv.mon_decimal_point = (char *) m->mon_decimal_point;
-  lconv.mon_thousands_sep = (char *) m->mon_thousands_sep;
-  lconv.mon_grouping = (char *) m->mon_grouping;
-  lconv.positive_sign = (char *) m->positive_sign;
-  lconv.negative_sign = (char *) m->negative_sign;
-  lconv.int_frac_digits = m->int_frac_digits[0];
-  lconv.frac_digits = m->frac_digits[0];
-  lconv.p_cs_precedes = m->p_cs_precedes[0];
-  lconv.p_sep_by_space = m->p_sep_by_space[0];
-  lconv.n_cs_precedes = m->n_cs_precedes[0];
-  lconv.n_sep_by_space = m->n_sep_by_space[0];
-  lconv.p_sign_posn = m->p_sign_posn[0];
-  lconv.n_sign_posn = m->n_sign_posn[0];
-#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO_EXTENDED__
-  lconv.int_p_cs_precedes = m->int_p_cs_precedes[0];
-  lconv.int_p_sep_by_space = m->int_p_sep_by_space[0];
-  lconv.int_n_cs_precedes = m->int_n_cs_precedes[0];
-  lconv.int_n_sep_by_space = m->int_n_sep_by_space[0];
-  lconv.int_n_sign_posn = m->int_n_sign_posn[0];
-  lconv.int_p_sign_posn = m->int_p_sign_posn[0];
-#else /* !__HAVE_LOCALE_INFO_EXTENDED__ */
-  lconv.int_p_cs_precedes = m->p_cs_precedes[0];
-  lconv.int_p_sep_by_space = m->p_sep_by_space[0];
-  lconv.int_n_cs_precedes = m->n_cs_precedes[0];
-  lconv.int_n_sep_by_space = m->n_sep_by_space[0];
-  lconv.int_n_sign_posn = m->n_sign_posn[0];
-  lconv.int_p_sign_posn = m->p_sign_posn[0];
-#endif /* !__HAVE_LOCALE_INFO_EXTENDED__ */
-#endif /* __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__ */
-  return (struct lconv *) &lconv;
-}
-
-#define LC_VALID_MASK	(LC_COLLATE_MASK | LC_CTYPE_MASK | LC_MONETARY_MASK \
-			 | LC_NUMERIC_MASK | LC_TIME_MASK | LC_MESSAGES_MASK)
-
-struct __locale_t *
-_newlocale_r (struct _reent *p, int category_mask, const char *locale,
-	      struct __locale_t *base)
-{
-  struct __locale_t tmp_locale, *new_locale;
-  int i;
-
-  /* Convert LC_ALL_MASK to a mask containing all valid MASK values.
-     This simplifies the code below. */
-  if (category_mask & LC_ALL_MASK)
-    {
-      category_mask &= ~LC_ALL_MASK;
-      category_mask |= LC_VALID_MASK;
-    }
-  /* Check for invalid mask values and valid locale ptr. */
-  if (category_mask & ~LC_VALID_MASK || !locale)
-    {
-      p->_errno = EINVAL;
-      return NULL;
-    }
-  /* If the new locale is supposed to be all default locale, just return
-     a pointer to the default locale. */
-  if ((!base && category_mask == 0)
-      || (category_mask == LC_VALID_MASK
-	  && (!strcmp (locale, "C") || !strcmp (locale, "POSIX"))))
-    return (struct __locale_t *) &__C_locale;
-  /* Start with setting all values to the default locale values. */
-  tmp_locale = __C_locale;
-  /* Fill out category strings. */
-  if (!*locale)
-    {
-      for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
-	if (((1 << i) & category_mask) != 0)
-	  {
-	    const char *env = __get_locale_env (p, i);
-	    if (strlen (env) > ENCODING_LEN)
-	      {
-		p->_errno = EINVAL;
-		return NULL;
-	      }
-	    strcpy (tmp_locale.categories[i], env);
-	  }
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
-	if (((1 << i) & category_mask) != 0)
-	  strcpy (tmp_locale.categories[i], locale);
-    }
-  /* Now go over all categories and set them. */
-  for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
-    {
-      if (((1 << i) & category_mask) != 0)
-	{
-	  /* Nothing to do for "C"/"POSIX" locale. */
-	  if (!strcmp (tmp_locale.categories[i], "C")
-	      || !strcmp (tmp_locale.categories[i], "POSIX"))
-	    continue;
-	  /* If the new locale is the old locale, just copy it over. */
-	  if (base && !strcmp (base->categories[i], tmp_locale.categories[i]))
-	    {
-	      if (i == LC_CTYPE)
-		{
-		  tmp_locale.wctomb = base->wctomb;
-		  tmp_locale.mbtowc = base->mbtowc;
-		  tmp_locale.cjk_lang = base->cjk_lang;
-		  tmp_locale.ctype_ptr - base->ctype_ptr;
-		}
-#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
-	      tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].ptr = base->lc_cat[i].ptr;
-	      /* Mark the value as "has still to be copied".  We do this in
-		 two steps to simplify freeing new locale types in case of a
-		 subsequent error. */
-	      tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf = (void *) -1;
-#else
-	      if (i == LC_CTYPE)
-		strcpy (tmp_locale.ctype_codeset, base->ctype_codeset);
-	      else if (i == LC_MESSAGES)
-		strcpy (tmp_locale.message_codeset, base->message_codeset);
-#endif
-	      continue;
-	    }
-	  /* Otherwise load locale data. */
-	  if (!loadlocale (&tmp_locale, i, tmp_locale.categories[i]))
-	    goto error;
-	}
-    }
-  /* Allocate new locale_t. */
-  new_locale = (struct __locale_t *) _calloc_r (p, 1, sizeof *new_locale);
-  if (!new_locale)
-    goto error;
-#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
-  /* Second step of copying over.  At this point we can safely copy.  Make
-     sure to invalidate the copied buffer pointers in base, so a subsequent
-     freelocale (base) doesn't free the buffers now used in the new locale. */
-  for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
-    if (tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf == (const void *) -1)
-      {
-	tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf = base->lc_cat[i].buf;
-	base->lc_cat[i].buf = NULL;
-      }
-#endif
-
-  *new_locale = tmp_locale;
-  return new_locale;
-
-error:
-  /* An error occured while we had already (potentially) allocated memory.
-     Free memory and return NULL.  errno is supposed to be set already. */
-#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
-  for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
-    if (tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf
-	&& tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf != (const void *) -1)
-      {
-	_free_r (p, tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].ptr);
-	_free_r (p, tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf);
-      }
-#endif
-
-  return NULL;
-}
-
-void
-_freelocale_r (struct _reent *p, struct __locale_t *locobj)
-{
-  /* Sanity check.  The "C" locale is static, don't try to free it. */
-  if (!locobj || locobj == &__C_locale || locobj == LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE)
-    return;
-#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
-  for (int i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
-    if (locobj->lc_cat[i].buf)
-      {
-	_free_r (p, locobj->lc_cat[i].ptr);
-	_free_r (p, locobj->lc_cat[i].buf);
-      }
-#endif
-  _free_r (p, locobj);
-}
-
-struct __locale_t *
-_duplocale_r (struct _reent *p, struct __locale_t *locobj)
-{
-  struct __locale_t tmp_locale, *new_locale;
-  int i;
-
-  /* LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE denotes the global locale. */
-  if (locobj == LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE)
-    locobj = __get_global_locale ();
-  /* The "C" locale is used statically, never copied. */
-  else if (locobj == &__C_locale)
-    return (struct __locale_t *) &__C_locale;
-  /* Copy locale content. */
-  tmp_locale = *locobj;
-#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
-  for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
-    if (locobj->lc_cat[i].buf)
-      {
-	/* If the object is not a "C" locale category, copy it.  Just call
-	   loadlocale.  It knows what to do to replicate the category. */
-	tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].ptr = NULL;
-	tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf = NULL;
-	if (!loadlocale (&tmp_locale, i, tmp_locale.categories[i]))
-	  goto error;
-      }
-#endif
-  /* Allocate new locale_t. */
-  new_locale = (struct __locale_t *) _calloc_r (p, 1, sizeof *new_locale);
-  if (!new_locale)
-    goto error;
-
-  *new_locale = tmp_locale;
-  return new_locale;
-
-error:
-  /* An error occured while we had already (potentially) allocated memory.
-     Free memory and return NULL.  errno is supposed to be set already. */
-#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
-  while (--i > 0)
-    if (tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf)
-      {
-	_free_r (p, tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].ptr);
-	_free_r (p, tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf);
-      }
-#endif
-
-  return NULL;
-}
-
-struct __locale_t *
-_uselocale_r (struct _reent *p, struct __locale_t *newloc)
-{
-  struct __locale_t *current_locale;
-
-  current_locale = __get_locale_r (p);
-  if (!current_locale)
-    current_locale = LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE;
-
-  if (newloc == LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE)
-    p->_locale = NULL;
-  else if (newloc)
-    p->_locale = newloc;
-
-  return current_locale;
+  return locale->ctype_ptr;
 }
 
 #ifndef _REENT_ONLY
@@ -1254,33 +995,4 @@ _DEFUN (setlocale, (category, locale),
   return _setlocale_r (_REENT, category, locale);
 }
 
-struct lconv *
-_DEFUN_VOID (localeconv)
-{
-  return _localeconv_r (_REENT);
-}
-
-struct __locale_t *
-newlocale (int category_mask, const char *locale, struct __locale_t *base)
-{
-  return _newlocale_r (_REENT, category_mask, locale, base);
-}
-
-void
-freelocale (struct __locale_t *locobj)
-{
-  _freelocale_r (_REENT, locobj);
-}
-
-struct __locale_t *
-duplocale (struct __locale_t *locobj)
-{
-  return _duplocale_r (_REENT, locobj);
-}
-
-struct __locale_t *
-uselocale (struct __locale_t *newloc)
-{
-  return _uselocale_r (_REENT, newloc);
-}
 #endif
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/localeconv.c b/newlib/libc/locale/localeconv.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14151733c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/localeconv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#include "newlib.h"
+#include <reent.h>
+#include "setlocale.h"
+
+static
+struct lconv lconv =
+{
+  ".", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
+  CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX,
+  CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX,
+  CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX,
+  CHAR_MAX, CHAR_MAX
+};
+
+struct lconv *
+_DEFUN (_localeconv_r, (data), 
+	struct _reent *data)
+{
+#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
+  const struct lc_numeric_T *n = __get_current_numeric_locale ();
+  const struct lc_monetary_T *m = __get_current_monetary_locale ();
+
+  lconv.decimal_point = (char *) n->decimal_point;
+  lconv.thousands_sep = (char *) n->thousands_sep;
+  lconv.grouping = (char *) n->grouping;
+  lconv.int_curr_symbol = (char *) m->int_curr_symbol;
+  lconv.currency_symbol = (char *) m->currency_symbol;
+  lconv.mon_decimal_point = (char *) m->mon_decimal_point;
+  lconv.mon_thousands_sep = (char *) m->mon_thousands_sep;
+  lconv.mon_grouping = (char *) m->mon_grouping;
+  lconv.positive_sign = (char *) m->positive_sign;
+  lconv.negative_sign = (char *) m->negative_sign;
+  lconv.int_frac_digits = m->int_frac_digits[0];
+  lconv.frac_digits = m->frac_digits[0];
+  lconv.p_cs_precedes = m->p_cs_precedes[0];
+  lconv.p_sep_by_space = m->p_sep_by_space[0];
+  lconv.n_cs_precedes = m->n_cs_precedes[0];
+  lconv.n_sep_by_space = m->n_sep_by_space[0];
+  lconv.p_sign_posn = m->p_sign_posn[0];
+  lconv.n_sign_posn = m->n_sign_posn[0];
+#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO_EXTENDED__
+  lconv.int_p_cs_precedes = m->int_p_cs_precedes[0];
+  lconv.int_p_sep_by_space = m->int_p_sep_by_space[0];
+  lconv.int_n_cs_precedes = m->int_n_cs_precedes[0];
+  lconv.int_n_sep_by_space = m->int_n_sep_by_space[0];
+  lconv.int_n_sign_posn = m->int_n_sign_posn[0];
+  lconv.int_p_sign_posn = m->int_p_sign_posn[0];
+#else /* !__HAVE_LOCALE_INFO_EXTENDED__ */
+  lconv.int_p_cs_precedes = m->p_cs_precedes[0];
+  lconv.int_p_sep_by_space = m->p_sep_by_space[0];
+  lconv.int_n_cs_precedes = m->n_cs_precedes[0];
+  lconv.int_n_sep_by_space = m->n_sep_by_space[0];
+  lconv.int_n_sign_posn = m->n_sign_posn[0];
+  lconv.int_p_sign_posn = m->p_sign_posn[0];
+#endif /* !__HAVE_LOCALE_INFO_EXTENDED__ */
+#endif /* __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__ */
+  return (struct lconv *) &lconv;
+}
+
+#ifndef _REENT_ONLY
+struct lconv *
+_DEFUN_VOID (localeconv)
+{
+  return _localeconv_r (_REENT);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/newlocale.c b/newlib/libc/locale/newlocale.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91937174b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/newlocale.c
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#include <newlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <reent.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "setlocale.h"
+
+#define LC_VALID_MASK	(LC_COLLATE_MASK | LC_CTYPE_MASK | LC_MONETARY_MASK \
+			 | LC_NUMERIC_MASK | LC_TIME_MASK | LC_MESSAGES_MASK)
+
+struct __locale_t *
+_newlocale_r (struct _reent *p, int category_mask, const char *locale,
+	      struct __locale_t *base)
+{
+  struct __locale_t tmp_locale, *new_locale;
+  int i;
+
+  /* Convert LC_ALL_MASK to a mask containing all valid MASK values.
+     This simplifies the code below. */
+  if (category_mask & LC_ALL_MASK)
+    {
+      category_mask &= ~LC_ALL_MASK;
+      category_mask |= LC_VALID_MASK;
+    }
+  /* Check for invalid mask values and valid locale ptr. */
+  if (category_mask & ~LC_VALID_MASK || !locale)
+    {
+      p->_errno = EINVAL;
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  /* If the new locale is supposed to be all default locale, just return
+     a pointer to the default locale. */
+  if ((!base && category_mask == 0)
+      || (category_mask == LC_VALID_MASK
+	  && (!strcmp (locale, "C") || !strcmp (locale, "POSIX"))))
+    return (struct __locale_t *) &__C_locale;
+  /* Start with setting all values to the default locale values. */
+  tmp_locale = __C_locale;
+  /* Fill out category strings. */
+  if (!*locale)
+    {
+      for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
+	if (((1 << i) & category_mask) != 0)
+	  {
+	    const char *env = __get_locale_env (p, i);
+	    if (strlen (env) > ENCODING_LEN)
+	      {
+		p->_errno = EINVAL;
+		return NULL;
+	      }
+	    strcpy (tmp_locale.categories[i], env);
+	  }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
+	if (((1 << i) & category_mask) != 0)
+	  strcpy (tmp_locale.categories[i], locale);
+    }
+  /* Now go over all categories and set them. */
+  for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
+    {
+      if (((1 << i) & category_mask) != 0)
+	{
+	  /* Nothing to do for "C"/"POSIX" locale. */
+	  if (!strcmp (tmp_locale.categories[i], "C")
+	      || !strcmp (tmp_locale.categories[i], "POSIX"))
+	    continue;
+	  /* If the new locale is the old locale, just copy it over. */
+	  if (base && !strcmp (base->categories[i], tmp_locale.categories[i]))
+	    {
+	      if (i == LC_CTYPE)
+		{
+		  tmp_locale.wctomb = base->wctomb;
+		  tmp_locale.mbtowc = base->mbtowc;
+		  tmp_locale.cjk_lang = base->cjk_lang;
+		  tmp_locale.ctype_ptr - base->ctype_ptr;
+		}
+#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
+	      tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].ptr = base->lc_cat[i].ptr;
+	      /* Mark the value as "has still to be copied".  We do this in
+		 two steps to simplify freeing new locale types in case of a
+		 subsequent error. */
+	      tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf = (void *) -1;
+#else
+	      if (i == LC_CTYPE)
+		strcpy (tmp_locale.ctype_codeset, base->ctype_codeset);
+	      else if (i == LC_MESSAGES)
+		strcpy (tmp_locale.message_codeset, base->message_codeset);
+#endif
+	    }
+	  /* Otherwise load locale data. */
+	  else if (!__loadlocale (&tmp_locale, i, tmp_locale.categories[i]))
+	    goto error;
+	}
+    }
+  /* Allocate new locale_t. */
+  new_locale = (struct __locale_t *) _calloc_r (p, 1, sizeof *new_locale);
+  if (!new_locale)
+    goto error;
+#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
+  /* Second step of copying over.  At this point we can safely copy.  Make
+     sure to invalidate the copied buffer pointers in base, so a subsequent
+     freelocale (base) doesn't free the buffers now used in the new locale. */
+  for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
+    if (tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf == (const void *) -1)
+      {
+	tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf = base->lc_cat[i].buf;
+	base->lc_cat[i].buf = NULL;
+      }
+#endif
+
+  *new_locale = tmp_locale;
+  return new_locale;
+
+error:
+  /* An error occured while we had already (potentially) allocated memory.
+     Free memory and return NULL.  errno is supposed to be set already. */
+#ifdef __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__
+  for (i = 1; i < _LC_LAST; ++i)
+    if (tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf
+	&& tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf != (const void *) -1)
+      {
+	_free_r (p, (void *) tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].ptr);
+	_free_r (p, tmp_locale.lc_cat[i].buf);
+      }
+#endif
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+struct __locale_t *
+newlocale (int category_mask, const char *locale, struct __locale_t *base)
+{
+  return _newlocale_r (_REENT, category_mask, locale, base);
+}
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/nl_langinfo.c b/newlib/libc/locale/nl_langinfo.c
index 46e8b0e92..c7e27cfb7 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/locale/nl_langinfo.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/nl_langinfo.c
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ static struct _nl_item_t
 
 char *
 _DEFUN(nl_langinfo, (item), 
-       nl_item item) {
-
+       nl_item item)
+{
    char *ret, *cs;
 #ifndef __CYGWIN__
    char *s;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ _DEFUN(nl_langinfo, (item),
 #endif /* __HAVE_LOCALE_INFO__ */
 	case CODESET:
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
-		ret = __locale_charset ();
+		ret = (char *) __locale_charset ();
 #endif
 do_codeset:
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/setlocale.h b/newlib/libc/locale/setlocale.h
index f1b19783c..4f52e7428 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/locale/setlocale.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/setlocale.h
@@ -189,8 +189,12 @@ struct __locale_t
 #endif
 };
 
+extern const struct __locale_t __C_locale;
 extern struct __locale_t __global_locale;
 
+extern char *__loadlocale (struct __locale_t *, int, const char *);
+extern const char *__get_locale_env(struct _reent *, int);
+
 /* In POSIX terms the global locale is the process-wide locale.  Use this
    function to always refer to the global locale. */
 _ELIDABLE_INLINE struct __locale_t *
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/uselocale.c b/newlib/libc/locale/uselocale.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbf0d3393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/uselocale.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <newlib.h>
+#include <reent.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "setlocale.h"
+
+struct __locale_t *
+_uselocale_r (struct _reent *p, struct __locale_t *newloc)
+{
+  struct __locale_t *current_locale;
+
+  current_locale = __get_locale_r (p);
+  if (!current_locale)
+    current_locale = LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE;
+  if (newloc == LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE)
+    p->_locale = NULL;
+  else if (newloc)
+    p->_locale = newloc;
+  return current_locale;
+}
+
+#ifndef _REENT_ONLY
+struct __locale_t *
+uselocale (struct __locale_t *newloc)
+{
+  return _uselocale_r (_REENT, newloc);
+}
+#endif