diff --git a/gettext.c b/gettext.c
index 7272771c8e..9c16a8f7ff 100644
--- a/gettext.c
+++ b/gettext.c
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 #ifndef NO_GETTEXT
 #	include <locale.h>
 #	include <libintl.h>
-#	ifdef HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H
+#	ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
+#		define locale_charset() "UTF-8"
+#	elif defined HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H
 #		include <libcharset.h>
 #	else
 #		include <langinfo.h>