+#if wxUSE_UNICODE && defined(__WXOSX__)
+ // In OS X and iOS, wchar_t CRT functions convert to char* and fail under
+ // some locales. The safest fix is to set LC_CTYPE to UTF-8 to ensure that
+ // they can handle any input.
+ //
+ // Note that this must be done for any app, Cocoa or console, whether or
+ // not it uses wxLocale.
+ //
+ // See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11713745/why-does-the-printf-family-of-functions-care-about-locale
+ setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "UTF-8");
+#endif // wxUSE_UNICODE && defined(__WXOSX__)
+