diff --git a/headers/posix/locale.h b/headers/posix/locale.h
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+#ifndef _LOCALE_H_
+#define _LOCALE_H_
+/* 
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+
+#include <null.h>
+
+struct lconv {
+	char *decimal_point;
+	char *thousands_sep;
+	char *grouping;
+	char *int_curr_symbol;
+	char *currency_symbol;
+	char *mon_decimal_point;
+	char *mon_thousands_sep;
+	char *mon_grouping;
+	char *positive_sign;
+	char *negative_sign;
+	char int_frac_digits;
+	char frac_digits;
+	char p_cs_precedes;
+	char p_sep_by_space;
+	char n_cs_precedes;
+	char n_sep_by_space;
+	char p_sign_posn;
+	char n_sign_posn;
+};
+
+#define	LC_ALL		0
+#define	LC_COLLATE	1
+#define	LC_CTYPE	2
+#define	LC_MONETARY	3
+#define	LC_NUMERIC	4
+#define	LC_TIME		5
+#define	LC_MESSAGES	6
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern struct lconv *localeconv(void);
+extern char *setlocale(int category, const char *locale);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LOCALE_H_ */