diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 7cef30e13..5076711ec 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-02-16  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* dcrt0.cc (dll_crt0_1): Call initial_setlocale before fetching
+	current user information.
+
 2014-02-15  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2014@cgf.cx>
 
 	* DevNotes: Add entry cgf-000024.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
index 07cbd4d26..c27079b33 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
@@ -929,14 +929,14 @@ dll_crt0_1 (void *)
   /* Allocate cygheap->fdtab */
   dtable_init ();
 
+  /* Set internal locale to the environment settings. */
+  initial_setlocale ();
+
   uinfo_init ();	/* initialize user info */
 
   /* Connect to tty. */
   tty::init_session ();
 
-  /* Set internal locale to the environment settings. */
-  initial_setlocale ();
-
   if (!__argc)
     {
       PWCHAR wline = GetCommandLineW ();