diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.h b/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.h
index 2b84f4252..8877cc358 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.h
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ struct cygheap_debug
 struct cygheap_locale
 {
   mbtowc_p mbtowc;
-  UINT term_code_page;
 };
 
 struct user_heap_info
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
index af619df5f..b4ba9428a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
@@ -2336,6 +2336,7 @@ class fhandler_pty_slave: public fhandler_pty_common
   void set_switch_to_pcon (void);
   void reset_switch_to_pcon (void);
   void mask_switch_to_pcon_in (bool mask);
+  void setup_locale (void);
 };
 
 #define __ptsname(buf, unit) __small_sprintf ((buf), "/dev/pty%d", (unit))
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
index feb014175..4d8c10830 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
@@ -635,9 +635,9 @@ fhandler_pty_slave::open (int flags, mode_t)
 
   fhandler_console::need_invisible ();
 
-#if 1 /* Let's try this first */
-  if (!cygheap->locale.term_code_page)
-    cygheap->locale.term_code_page = __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
+#if 0 /* Let's try this first */
+  if (!get_ttyp ()->term_code_page)
+    get_ttyp ()->term_code_page = __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
 #endif
 
   set_open_status ();
@@ -1615,8 +1615,8 @@ fhandler_pty_master::write (const void *ptr, size_t len)
     return (ssize_t) bg;
 
 #if 0 /* Let's try this if setting codepage at pty open time is not enough */
-  if (!cygheap->locale.term_code_page)
-    cygheap->locale.term_code_page = __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
+  if (!get_ttyp ()->term_code_page)
+    get_ttyp ()->term_code_page = __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
 #endif
 
   push_process_state process_state (PID_TTYOU);
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ fhandler_pty_master::write (const void *ptr, size_t len)
     {
       size_t nlen;
       char *buf = convert_mb_str (CP_UTF8, &nlen,
-				  cygheap->locale.term_code_page,
+				  get_ttyp ()->term_code_page,
 				  (const char *) ptr, len);
 
       WaitForSingleObject (input_mutex, INFINITE);
@@ -1795,6 +1795,13 @@ fhandler_pty_common::set_close_on_exec (bool val)
   close_on_exec (val);
 }
 
+void
+fhandler_pty_slave::setup_locale (void)
+{
+  if (!get_ttyp ()->term_code_page)
+    get_ttyp ()->term_code_page = __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
+}
+
 void
 fhandler_pty_slave::fixup_after_fork (HANDLE parent)
 {
@@ -1811,6 +1818,9 @@ fhandler_pty_slave::fixup_after_exec ()
   if (!close_on_exec ())
     fixup_after_fork (NULL);	/* No parent handle required. */
 
+  /* Set locale */
+  setup_locale ();
+
   /* Hook Console API */
 #define DO_HOOK(module, name) \
   if (!name##_Orig) \
@@ -1982,8 +1992,8 @@ fhandler_pty_master::pty_master_fwd_thread ()
   char outbuf[65536];
 
 #if 0 /* Let's try this if setting codepage at pty open time is not enough */
-  if (!cygheap->locale.term_code_page)
-    cygheap->locale.term_code_page = __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
+  if (!get_ttyp ()->term_code_page)
+    get_ttyp ()->term_code_page = __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ();
 #endif
 
   termios_printf ("Started.");
@@ -2041,7 +2051,7 @@ fhandler_pty_master::pty_master_fwd_thread ()
 	      state = 0;
 
 	  size_t nlen;
-	  char *buf = convert_mb_str (cygheap->locale.term_code_page,
+	  char *buf = convert_mb_str (get_ttyp ()->term_code_page,
 				      &nlen, CP_UTF8, ptr, wlen);
 
 	  ptr = buf;
@@ -2064,7 +2074,7 @@ fhandler_pty_master::pty_master_fwd_thread ()
 	  continue;
 	}
       size_t nlen;
-      char *buf = convert_mb_str (cygheap->locale.term_code_page, &nlen,
+      char *buf = convert_mb_str (get_ttyp ()->term_code_page, &nlen,
 				  GetConsoleOutputCP (), ptr, wlen);
 
       ptr = buf;
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/nlsfuncs.cc b/winsup/cygwin/nlsfuncs.cc
index 6bffc77c9..f5af26982 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/nlsfuncs.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/nlsfuncs.cc
@@ -1455,7 +1455,13 @@ __set_charset_from_locale (const char *locale, char *charset)
 UINT
 __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ()
 {
-  const char *charset = __locale_charset (__get_global_locale ());
+  const char *env = __get_locale_env (_REENT, LC_CTYPE);
+  char locale[ENCODING_LEN + 1];
+  strncpy (locale, env, ENCODING_LEN);
+  locale[ENCODING_LEN] = '\0';
+  __locale_t *loc = duplocale (__get_global_locale ());
+  __loadlocale (loc, LC_CTYPE, locale);
+  const char *charset = __locale_charset (loc);
   UINT codepage = CP_UTF8; /* Default UTF8 */
 
   /* The internal charset names are well defined, so we can use shortcuts. */
@@ -1493,6 +1499,7 @@ __eval_codepage_from_internal_charset ()
     default: /* All set to UTF8 already */
       break;
     }
+  freelocale (loc);
   return codepage;
 }
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
index 02c4207ab..92d190d1a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
@@ -619,6 +619,18 @@ child_info_spawn::worker (const char *prog_arg, const char *const *argv,
 	    }
 	}
 
+      if (!iscygwin ())
+	{
+	  cfd.rewind ();
+	  while (cfd.next () >= 0)
+	    if (cfd->get_major () == DEV_PTYS_MAJOR)
+	      {
+		fhandler_pty_slave *ptys =
+		  (fhandler_pty_slave *)(fhandler_base *) cfd;
+		ptys->setup_locale ();
+	      }
+	}
+
       /* Set up needed handles for stdio */
       si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
       si.hStdInput = handle ((in__stdin < 0 ? 0 : in__stdin), false);