Index: b/src/w32-gettext.c
===================================================================
--- b/src/w32-gettext.c
+++ b/src/w32-gettext.c
@@ -1373,17 +1373,25 @@
 }
 
 
-/* Return a malloced string encoded in UTF-8 from the wide char input
-   string STRING.  Caller must free this value. On failure returns
-   NULL.  The result of calling this function with STRING set to NULL
+/* Return a malloced string encoded in the native console codepage
+   from the wide char input string STRING.
+   Caller must free this value. On failure returns NULL.
+   The result of calling this function with STRING set to NULL
    is not defined. */
 static char *
 wchar_to_native (const wchar_t *string, size_t length, size_t *retlen)
 {
   int n;
   char *result;
+  unsigned int cpno = GetConsoleOutputCP ();
+
+  /* GetConsoleOutputCP returns the 8-Bit codepage that should be used
+     for console output. If the codepage is not returned we fall back
+     to the codepage GUI programs should use (CP_ACP). */
+  if (!cpno)
+    cpno = GetACP ();
 
-  n = WideCharToMultiByte (CP_ACP, 0, string, length, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+  n = WideCharToMultiByte (cpno, 0, string, length, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
   if (n < 0 || (n+1) <= 0)
     return NULL;
 
@@ -1391,7 +1399,7 @@
   if (!result)
     return NULL;
 
-  n = WideCharToMultiByte (CP_ACP, 0, string, length, result, n, NULL, NULL);
+  n = WideCharToMultiByte (cpno, 0, string, length, result, n, NULL, NULL);
   if (n < 0)
     {
       jnlib_free (result);