diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/Jamfile
index 133b995db6..0531a7457c 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/Jamfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SubDir OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix locale ;
 
 KernelObjects
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>ctype.c
+	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>localeconv.c
 	:
 	-fPIC -DPIC
 	;
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/localeconv.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/localeconv.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c4be82bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/localeconv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (c) 2002, OpenBeOS Project.
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *  Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS license.
+ *
+ *
+ *  localeconv.c:
+ *  defines the structure containing the current locale
+ *  and the single access function 'localeconv()'
+ *
+ *
+ *  Author(s):
+ *  Daniel Reinhold (danielre@users.sf.net)
+ *
+ */
+ 
+#include <locale.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+
+/*
+ * the values below initialize the struct to the "C" locale
+ * which is the default (and only required) locale
+ */
+ 
+struct lconv _Locale = {
+	".",		// decimal point
+	
+	"",			// thousands separator
+	"",			// grouping
+	"",			// international currency symbol
+	"",			// local currency symbol
+	"",			// monetary decimal point
+	"",			// monetary thousands separator
+	"",			// monetary grouping
+	"",			// positive sign
+	"",			// negative sign
+	
+	CHAR_MAX,	// int_frac_digits
+	CHAR_MAX,	// frac_digits
+	CHAR_MAX,	// p_cs_precedes
+	CHAR_MAX,	// p_sep_by_space
+	CHAR_MAX,	// n_cs_precedes
+	CHAR_MAX,	// n_sep_by_space
+	CHAR_MAX,	// p_sign_posn
+	CHAR_MAX	// n_sign_posn
+};
+
+
+
+struct lconv *
+localeconv(void)
+{
+	// return pointer to the current locale
+	return &_Locale;
+}
+