diff -ur open-cobol-1.1/configure open-cobol-1.1-ncursesw/configure
--- open-cobol-1.1/configure	2009-01-28 12:22:44.000000000 -0600
+++ open-cobol-1.1-ncursesw/configure	2011-10-13 11:38:27.000000000 -0500
@@ -23537,13 +23537,13 @@
 # Checks for ncurses/pdcurses/curses.
 USE_NCURSES="no"
 
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for initscr in -lncurses" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for initscr in -lncurses... $ECHO_C" >&6
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for initscr in -lncursesw" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for initscr in -lncursesw... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${ac_cv_lib_ncurses_initscr+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lncurses  $LIBS"
+LIBS="-lncursesw  $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
@@ -23606,13 +23606,13 @@
 #define HAVE_LIBNCURSES 1
 _ACEOF
 
-  LIBS="-lncurses $LIBS"
+  LIBS="-lncursesw $LIBS"
 
 fi
 
 if test "x$ac_cv_lib_ncurses_initscr" = "xyes"
 then
-  LIBCOB_LIBS="$LIBCOB_LIBS -lncurses"
+  LIBCOB_LIBS="$LIBCOB_LIBS -lncursesw"
 
 for ac_header in ncurses.h
 do
diff -ur open-cobol-1.1/libcob/screenio.c open-cobol-1.1-ncursesw/libcob/screenio.c
--- open-cobol-1.1/libcob/screenio.c	2009-01-31 10:33:50.000000000 -0600
+++ open-cobol-1.1-ncursesw/libcob/screenio.c	2011-10-13 11:28:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -23,15 +23,17 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #ifdef	HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
 #ifdef HAVE_NCURSES_H
-#include <ncurses.h>
+#include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>
 #define COB_GEN_SCREENIO
 #elif defined(HAVE_NCURSES_NCURSES_H)
-#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>
 #define COB_GEN_SCREENIO
 #elif defined(HAVE_PDCURSES_H)
 #include <pdcurses.h>
@@ -271,6 +273,7 @@
 		}
 		fflush (stdout);
 		fflush (stderr);
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 		if (!initscr ()) {
 			cob_runtime_error ("Failed to initialize curses");
 			cob_stop_run (1);