diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index a2ddff936..449a7c7d8 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-03-24  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* libc/locale/locale.c (loadlocale): Allow charset starting with 'e'
+	for "eucJP" charset support.
+
 2009-03-24  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/include/sys/errno.h: Move EFTYPE to general usage because
diff --git a/newlib/libc/locale/locale.c b/newlib/libc/locale/locale.c
index d3644eb8a..ab234f058 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/locale/locale.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/locale/locale.c
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ loadlocale(struct _reent *p, int category)
 #endif
     break;
     case 'E':
+    case 'e':
       if (strcmp (charset, "EUCJP") && strcmp (charset, "eucJP"))
 	return NULL;
       strcpy (charset, "EUCJP");