diff --git a/hooks/ebuild_postinst_post/glibc-update-locales.bash b/hooks/ebuild_postinst_post/glibc-update-locales.bash
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+++ b/hooks/ebuild_postinst_post/glibc-update-locales.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ ${CATEGORY}/${PN} == "sys-libs/glibc" ]] ; then
+	einfo "Updating locales"
+	for _mylang in $(locale -a) ; do
+		if [[ ${_mylang} =~ "utf8" ]] ; then
+			edo localedef -i ${_mylang%.*} -f UTF-8 ${_mylang%.*}.UTF-8
+		fi
+	done
+fi
+