diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 68f3c5d..e3b8d7a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -186,5 +186,11 @@ if(ENABLE_CJSON_TEST)
         DEPENDS ${TEST_CJSON})
 endif()
 
+# Enable the use of locales
+option(ENABLE_LOCALES "Enable the use of locales" ON)
+if(ENABLE_LOCALES)
+	add_definitions(-DENABLE_LOCALES)
+endif() 
+
 add_subdirectory(tests)
 add_subdirectory(fuzzing)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dba514..121e730 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ You can change the build process with a list of different options that you can p
 * `-DENABLE_SANITIZERS=On`: Compile cJSON with [AddressSanitizer](https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer) and [UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer.html) enabled (if possible). (off by default)
 * `-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On`: Build the shared libraries. (on by default)
 * `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr`: Set a prefix for the installation.
+* `-DENABLE_LOCALES=On`: Enable the usage of localeconv method. ( on by default )
 
 If you are packaging cJSON for a distribution of Linux, you would probably take these steps for example:
 ```
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 306bb5b..fa143cc 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -193,8 +193,12 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_Delete(cJSON *item)
 /* get the decimal point character of the current locale */
 static unsigned char get_decimal_point(void)
 {
+#ifdef ENABLE_LOCALES
     struct lconv *lconv = localeconv();
     return (unsigned char) lconv->decimal_point[0];
+#else
+    return '.';
+#endif
 }
 
 typedef struct