diff --git a/icu.changes b/icu.changes
index f331544..e097953 100644
--- a/icu.changes
+++ b/icu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 25 10:29:50 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Add locale.diff [boo#1162882]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan 12 20:29:30 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index 4bc8883..887bb31 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Patch3:         icu-susevers.diff
 Patch4:         icu-fix-install-mode-files.diff
 Patch6:         icu-error-reporting.diff
 Patch7:         icu-avoid-x87-excess-precision.diff
+Patch8:         locale.diff
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
diff --git a/locale.diff b/locale.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3b8428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Execute POSIX behavior not just on Solaris but all POSIX platforms.
+
+References: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/1162882
+---
+ source/common/putil.cpp |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: icu/source/common/putil.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- icu.orig/source/common/putil.cpp
++++ icu/source/common/putil.cpp
+@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ static const char *uprv_getPOSIXIDForCat
+             /* Solaris speaks POSIX -  See IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 
+              * This is needed to properly handle empty env. variables
+              */
+-#if U_PLATFORM == U_PF_SOLARIS
++#if U_PLATFORM_IMPLEMENTS_POSIX
+             if ((posixID == 0) || (posixID[0] == '\0')) {
+                 posixID = getenv(category == LC_MESSAGES ? "LC_MESSAGES" : "LC_CTYPE");
+                 if ((posixID == 0) || (posixID[0] == '\0')) {