diff --git a/src/modules/module_locale.c b/src/modules/module_locale.c
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+++ b/src/modules/module_locale.c
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+#include <limits.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+
+#include <kuroko/vm.h>
+#include <kuroko/util.h>
+
+KRK_Function(setlocale) {
+	int category;
+	const char * locale = NULL;
+	if (!krk_parseArgs("i|z",(const char*[]){"category","locale"}, &category, &locale)) return NONE_VAL();
+	char * result = setlocale(category, locale);
+	if (!result) {
+		return krk_runtimeError(vm.exceptions->valueError, "unsupported locale setting or query failed");
+	}
+	return OBJECT_VAL(krk_copyString(result,strlen(result)));
+}
+
+static void do_grouping(KrkValue result, const char * keyname, const char * grouping) {
+	KrkValue out = krk_list_of(0,NULL,0);
+	krk_push(out);
+
+	const char * c = grouping;
+
+	/* If there is nothing here, return an empty list, otherwise return all
+	 * entries including either a terminating NUL or a terminating CHAR_MAX */
+	if (*c) {
+		do {
+			krk_writeValueArray(AS_LIST(out), INTEGER_VAL(*c));
+			if (!*c || *c == CHAR_MAX) break;
+			c++;
+		} while (1);
+	}
+
+	krk_attachNamedValue(AS_DICT(result), keyname, out);
+	krk_pop();
+}
+
+KRK_Function(localeconv) {
+	FUNCTION_TAKES_NONE();
+
+	struct lconv * lc = localeconv();
+
+	/* localeconv is defined to never fail... */
+
+	KrkValue result = krk_dict_of(0,NULL,0);
+	krk_push(result);
+
+#define DO_DICT_STR(key) krk_attachNamedObject(AS_DICT(result), #key, (KrkObj*)krk_copyString(lc-> key, strlen(lc-> key)))
+#define DO_DICT_INT(key) krk_attachNamedValue(AS_DICT(result), #key, INTEGER_VAL(lc-> key))
+
+	DO_DICT_STR(decimal_point);
+	DO_DICT_STR(thousands_sep);
+	DO_DICT_STR(int_curr_symbol);
+	DO_DICT_STR(currency_symbol);
+	DO_DICT_STR(mon_decimal_point);
+	DO_DICT_STR(mon_thousands_sep);
+	DO_DICT_STR(positive_sign);
+	DO_DICT_STR(negative_sign);
+
+	DO_DICT_INT(int_frac_digits);
+	DO_DICT_INT(frac_digits);
+	DO_DICT_INT(p_cs_precedes);
+	DO_DICT_INT(p_sep_by_space);
+	DO_DICT_INT(n_cs_precedes);
+	DO_DICT_INT(n_sep_by_space);
+	DO_DICT_INT(p_sign_posn);
+	DO_DICT_INT(n_sign_posn);
+
+	/* 'grouping' and 'mon_grouping' aren't real strings */
+	do_grouping(result, "grouping", lc->grouping);
+	do_grouping(result, "mon_grouping", lc->mon_grouping);
+
+#undef DO_DICT_STR
+#undef DO_DICT_INT
+
+	return krk_pop();
+}
+
+KRK_Module(locale) {
+	KRK_DOC(module, "@brief Bindings for C locale functions");
+
+	KRK_DOC(BIND_FUNC(module,setlocale),
+		"@brief Set or query the C locale\n"
+		"@arguments category,locale=None\n\n"
+		"Set the locale used by various C functions.");
+	BIND_FUNC(module,localeconv);
+
+#define DO_INT(name) krk_attachNamedValue(&module->fields, #name, INTEGER_VAL(name))
+	DO_INT(LC_ALL);
+	DO_INT(LC_COLLATE);
+	DO_INT(LC_CTYPE);
+	DO_INT(LC_MONETARY);
+	DO_INT(LC_NUMERIC);
+	DO_INT(LC_TIME);
+	/* LC_MESSAGES ? */
+	DO_INT(CHAR_MAX); /* Needed to understand grouping */
+#undef DO_INT
+
+}