diff --git a/Source/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/CMakeLists.txt
index 07839f342..8a83c3e3d 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ set(SRCS
   cmLocalGenerator.cxx
   cmLocalGenerator.h
   cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+  cmLocale.h
   ${MACH_SRCS}
   cmMakeDepend.cxx
   cmMakeDepend.h
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx b/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
index 00bfe5be4..6106472f1 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <cmsys/CommandLineArguments.hxx>
 #include <cmsys/SystemTools.hxx>
 #include <cmsys/Encoding.hxx>
-#include <locale.h>
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 static const char * cmDocumentationName[][2] =
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ int cpackDefinitionArgument(const char* argument, const char* cValue,
 // this is CPack.
 int main (int argc, char const* const* argv)
 {
-  setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
   cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments args =
     cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments::Main(argc, argv);
   argc = args.argc();
diff --git a/Source/CursesDialog/ccmake.cxx b/Source/CursesDialog/ccmake.cxx
index 28f3d9b78..3d92a2dfd 100644
--- a/Source/CursesDialog/ccmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/CursesDialog/ccmake.cxx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 
 #include "cmCursesMainForm.h"
 #include "cmCursesStandardIncludes.h"
@@ -95,8 +94,6 @@ void CMakeMessageHandler(const char* message, const char* title, bool&,
 
 int main(int argc, char const* const* argv)
 {
-  setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
-
   cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments encoding_args =
     cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments::Main(argc, argv);
   argc = encoding_args.argc();
diff --git a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx
index c24c68e4d..cf2fe82ee 100644
--- a/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmArchiveWrite.cxx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "cmArchiveWrite.h"
 
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
+#include "cmLocale.h"
 #include <cmsys/ios/iostream>
 #include <cmsys/Directory.hxx>
 #include <cmsys/FStream.hxx>
@@ -260,6 +261,9 @@ bool cmArchiveWrite::AddFile(const char* file,
     }
   const char* out = file + skip;
 
+  cmLocaleRAII localeRAII;
+  static_cast<void>(localeRAII);
+
   // Meta-data.
   std::string dest = prefix? prefix : "";
   dest += out;
diff --git a/Source/cmLocale.h b/Source/cmLocale.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..727f0f5d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/cmLocale.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*============================================================================
+  CMake - Cross Platform Makefile Generator
+  Copyright 2000-2015 Kitware, Inc., Insight Software Consortium
+
+  Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
+  see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
+
+  This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+  See the License for more information.
+============================================================================*/
+#ifndef cmLocale_h
+#define cmLocale_h
+
+#include <locale.h>
+
+class cmLocaleRAII
+{
+  const char* OldLocale;
+public:
+  cmLocaleRAII(): OldLocale(setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 0))
+    {
+    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
+    }
+  ~cmLocaleRAII()
+    {
+    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, this->OldLocale);
+    }
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index e9735ed41..6a7467f34 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <cmsys/Encoding.hxx>
 #if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
 # include "cmArchiveWrite.h"
+# include "cmLocale.h"
 # include <cm_libarchive.h>
 # include <cmsys/Terminal.h>
 #endif
@@ -1690,6 +1691,8 @@ long copy_data(struct archive *ar, struct archive *aw)
 bool extract_tar(const char* outFileName, bool verbose,
                  bool extract)
 {
+  cmLocaleRAII localeRAII;
+  static_cast<void>(localeRAII);
   struct archive* a = archive_read_new();
   struct archive *ext = archive_write_disk_new();
   archive_read_support_compression_all(a);
diff --git a/Source/cmakemain.cxx b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
index 6d25b7038..e0bd55bb2 100644
--- a/Source/cmakemain.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "cmLocalGenerator.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include <cmsys/Encoding.hxx>
-#include <locale.h>
 
 #ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ static void cmakemainProgressCallback(const char *m, float prog,
 
 int main(int ac, char const* const* av)
 {
-  setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
   cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments args =
     cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments::Main(ac, av);
   ac = args.argc();
diff --git a/Source/ctest.cxx b/Source/ctest.cxx
index b77c231ca..c0eb8acc6 100644
--- a/Source/ctest.cxx
+++ b/Source/ctest.cxx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "CTest/cmCTestScriptHandler.h"
 #include "CTest/cmCTestLaunch.h"
 #include "cmsys/Encoding.hxx"
-#include <locale.h>
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 static const char * cmDocumentationName[][2] =
@@ -117,8 +116,6 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][2] =
 // this is a test driver program for cmCTest.
 int main (int argc, char const* const* argv)
 {
-  setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
-
   cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments encoding_args =
     cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments::Main(argc, argv);
   argc = encoding_args.argc();
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLib/PseudoMemcheck/memtester.cxx.in b/Tests/CMakeLib/PseudoMemcheck/memtester.cxx.in
index 43c0ba7a1..c018e0862 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLib/PseudoMemcheck/memtester.cxx.in
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLib/PseudoMemcheck/memtester.cxx.in
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #include <cmSystemTools.h>
 #include <cmsys/Encoding.hxx>
 #include <string>
-#include <locale.h>
 
 #define RETVAL @_retval@
 
 int
 main(int ac, char **av)
 {
-  setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
   cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments args =
     cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments::Main(ac, av);
   int argc = args.argc();