diff --git a/mediainfo.go b/mediainfo.go
index fb7fb24..15544ff 100644
--- a/mediainfo.go
+++ b/mediainfo.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func init() {
+    C.setlocale(C.LC_CTYPE, C.CString(""))
     C.MediaInfoDLL_Load()
 }
 
diff --git a/mediainfo.h b/mediainfo.h
index 92a08d4..a98e046 100644
--- a/mediainfo.h
+++ b/mediainfo.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <wchar.h>