diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa288c0..184a311 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ endif
 # On some distros, you might have to change this to ncursesw
 LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs ncursesw 2>/dev/null || \
 		shell pkg-config --libs ncurses 2>/dev/null || \
-		echo "-lncurses")
+		echo "-lncursesw")
 
 .PHONY: all clean install man dist
 
diff --git a/screenshots/radeontop_ru_utf-8_fixed.png b/screenshots/radeontop_ru_utf-8_fixed.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e00867
Binary files /dev/null and b/screenshots/radeontop_ru_utf-8_fixed.png differ
diff --git a/ui.c b/ui.c
index 878e88f..34b3f6b 100644
--- a/ui.c
+++ b/ui.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static void printcenter(const unsigned int y, const unsigned int width,
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 	vasprintf(&ptr, fmt, ap);
 	const unsigned int len = mbstowcs(NULL, ptr, 0);
 #else