--- a/src/confutil.c
+++ b/src/confutil.c
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@
 #ifndef __TURBOC__	
 	if (!setlocale(LC_CTYPE,"")) return;
 #endif
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	codeset = "UTF-8";
+#else
 	codeset = nl_langinfo(CODESET);
+#endif
 	if (!strncmp(codeset,"ISO",3)||!strncmp(codeset,"iso",3)) {
 		codeset+=3;
 		if (*codeset=='-') codeset++;
