Index: systemd-195/src/core/locale-setup.c
===================================================================
--- systemd-195.orig/src/core/locale-setup.c
+++ systemd-195/src/core/locale-setup.c
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ static const char * const variable_names
 int locale_setup(void) {
         char *variables[_VARIABLE_MAX];
         int r = 0, i;
+#if defined(TARGET_SUSE)
+        char *root_uses_lang;
+
+        zero(root_uses_lang);
+#endif
 
         zero(variables);
 
@@ -134,11 +139,21 @@ int locale_setup(void) {
 #elif defined(TARGET_SUSE)
         if (r <= 0 &&
             (r = parse_env_file("/etc/sysconfig/language", NEWLINE,
+                                "ROOT_USES_LANG", &root_uses_lang,
                                 "RC_LANG", &variables[VARIABLE_LANG],
                                 NULL)) < 0) {
 
                 if (r != -ENOENT)
                         log_warning("Failed to read /etc/sysconfig/language: %s", strerror(-r));
+        } else {
+                if (!root_uses_lang || root_uses_lang && strcasecmp(root_uses_lang,"yes") != 0) {
+                        if (root_uses_lang && strcasecmp(root_uses_lang,"ctype") == 0)
+                                variables[VARIABLE_LC_CTYPE]=variables[VARIABLE_LANG];
+                        else
+                                free(variables[VARIABLE_LANG]);
+
+                        variables[VARIABLE_LANG]=strdup("POSIX");
+               }
         }
 
 #elif defined(TARGET_DEBIAN) || defined(TARGET_UBUNTU) || defined(TARGET_ANGSTROM)
@@ -247,5 +262,9 @@ finish:
         for (i = 0; i < _VARIABLE_MAX; i++)
                 free(variables[i]);
 
+#if defined(TARGET_SUSE)
+        free(root_uses_lang);
+#endif
+
         return r;
 }