diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
index ad6959fae..9c01c81ba 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
@@ -887,6 +887,8 @@ osgDB::ReaderWriter::ReadResult ReaderWriterOBJ::readNode(std::istream& fin, con
 {
     if (fin)
     {
+        fin.imbue(std::locale::classic());
+
         obj::Model model;
         model.readOBJ(fin, options);