diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/Jamfile
index 3944676954..a929dc8075 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/Jamfile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 SubDir OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix locale ;
 
 KernelMergeObject posix_locale.o :
-	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>ctype.c
-	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>localeconv.c
+	ctype.c
+	localeconv.c
+	setlocale.c
 	: -fPIC -DPIC
 	;
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/setlocale.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/setlocale.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4dea430f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/locale/setlocale.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+** Copyright 2004, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the Haiku License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <locale.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+
+char *
+setlocale(int category, const char *locale)
+{
+	// ToDo: this should check if liblocale.so is available and use its functions
+	return NULL;
+}