diff --git a/qdecimal/src/QDecDouble.cc b/qdecimal/src/QDecDouble.cc
index 793d576..7685c88 100644
--- a/qdecimal/src/QDecDouble.cc
+++ b/qdecimal/src/QDecDouble.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ QDecDouble& QDecDouble::fromDouble(double d)
  #if defined(_MSC_VER)
   _snprintf(str, MaxStrSize, "%.*g", QDecNumDigits, d);
  #else
+  char *curLoc = setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, NULL);
+  setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
   snprintf(str, MaxStrSize, "%.*g", QDecNumDigits, d);
+  setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, curLoc);
  #endif
 
   return fromString(str);