diff --git a/etc/rc.d/init.d/mountproc b/etc/rc.d/init.d/mountproc
index 36a8d13..9b494a4 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/init.d/mountproc
+++ b/etc/rc.d/init.d/mountproc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 . /etc/sysconfig/rc
 . $rc_functions
 
-. /etc/sysconfig/i18n
+[ -e /etc/locale.conf ] && . /etc/locale.conf || . /etc/sysconfig/i18n
 LC_ALL=$LANG
 TEXTDOMAIN=initscripts
 TEXTDOMAINDIR=/usr/share/locale/
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
index e8c0380..81927ce 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
+++ b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ -r $rc_base/init.d/rc.embedded ]; then
 fi
 
 . $rc_functions
-. /etc/sysconfig/i18n
+[ -e /etc/locale.conf ] && . /etc/locale.conf || . /etc/sysconfig/i18n
 
 LC_ALL=$LANG
 TEXTDOMAIN=initscripts
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc.sysinit b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc.sysinit
index 8c6f08f..1c9b03a 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc.sysinit
+++ b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc.sysinit
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ -r $rc_base/init.d/rc.sysinit.embedded ]; then
 fi
 
 . $rc_functions
-. /etc/sysconfig/i18n
+[ -e /etc/locale.conf ] && . /etc/locale.conf || . /etc/sysconfig/i18n
 LC_ALL=$LANG
 TEXTDOMAIN=initscripts
 TEXTDOMAINDIR=/usr/share/locale/