diff --git a/httplite/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/httplite/servlet/HttpServletRequestImpl.java b/httplite/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/httplite/servlet/HttpServletRequestImpl.java
index 811d2bd..bde9584 100644
--- a/httplite/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/httplite/servlet/HttpServletRequestImpl.java
+++ b/httplite/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/httplite/servlet/HttpServletRequestImpl.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     private final Socket m_socket;
     private Cookie[] m_cookies;
     //TODO: Make locale static and perhaps global to the service.
-    private final Locale m_locale = new Locale( System.getProperty( "user.language" ), System.getProperty( "user.country" ) );
+    private final Locale m_locale = Locale.getDefault();
     private Map m_attributes;
     private final ServiceRegistrationResolver m_resolver;
     private String m_servletPath;
@@ -1168,4 +1168,4 @@
         }
         return str_array;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}