diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e17bfd66..3d34761b2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ set(LIBFASTFETCH_SRC
     src/detection/displayserver/displayserver.c
     src/detection/font/font.c
     src/detection/gpu/gpu.c
-    src/detection/locale/locale.c
     src/detection/media/media.c
     src/detection/netio/netio.c
     src/detection/opencl/opencl.c
@@ -406,6 +405,7 @@ if(LINUX)
         src/detection/icons/icons_linux.c
         src/detection/libc/libc_linux.c
         src/detection/lm/lm_linux.c
+        src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c
         src/detection/localip/localip_linux.c
         src/detection/gamepad/gamepad_linux.c
         src/detection/media/media_linux.c
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ elseif(ANDROID)
         src/detection/icons/icons_nosupport.c
         src/detection/libc/libc_android.c
         src/detection/lm/lm_nosupport.c
+        src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c
         src/detection/localip/localip_linux.c
         src/detection/gamepad/gamepad_nosupport.c
         src/detection/media/media_nosupport.c
@@ -519,6 +520,7 @@ elseif(BSD)
         src/detection/lm/lm_linux.c
         src/detection/icons/icons_linux.c
         src/detection/libc/libc_bsd.c
+        src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c
         src/detection/localip/localip_linux.c
         src/detection/gamepad/gamepad_bsd.c
         src/detection/media/media_linux.c
@@ -574,6 +576,7 @@ elseif(APPLE)
         src/detection/lm/lm_nosupport.c
         src/detection/icons/icons_nosupport.c
         src/detection/libc/libc_apple.c
+        src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c
         src/detection/localip/localip_linux.c
         src/detection/gamepad/gamepad_apple.c
         src/detection/media/media_apple.m
@@ -628,6 +631,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         src/detection/icons/icons_windows.c
         src/detection/libc/libc_windows.cpp
         src/detection/lm/lm_nosupport.c
+        src/detection/locale/locale_windows.c
         src/detection/localip/localip_windows.c
         src/detection/gamepad/gamepad_windows.c
         src/detection/media/media_nosupport.c
diff --git a/src/detection/locale/locale.c b/src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/detection/locale/locale.c
rename to src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c
diff --git a/src/detection/locale/locale_windows.c b/src/detection/locale/locale_windows.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cdfaf15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detection/locale/locale_windows.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include "detection/locale/locale.h"
+#include "util/windows/unicode.h"
+
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+
+void ffDetectLocale(FFstrbuf* result)
+{
+    wchar_t name[LOCALE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH];
+    int size = GetUserDefaultLocaleName(name, LOCALE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH);
+    if (size > 1) // including '\0'
+    {
+        ffStrbufSetNWS(result, (uint32_t)size - 1, name);
+        ffStrbufAppendS(result, ".UTF-8"); // set explictly in `ffInitInstance`
+    }
+    else
+        ffStrbufSetS(result, setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL));
+}