diff --git a/libgfortran/io/io.h b/libgfortran/io/io.h
index ab4a103787c..b4a811384c9 100644
--- a/libgfortran/io/io.h
+++ b/libgfortran/io/io.h
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ struct format_data;
 typedef struct fnode fnode;
 struct gfc_unit;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NEWLOCALE
-/* We have POSIX 2008 extended locale stuff.  */
+#if defined (HAVE_FREELOCALE) && defined (HAVE_NEWLOCALE) \
+  && defined (HAVE_USELOCALE)
+/* We have POSIX 2008 extended locale stuff.  We only choose to use it
+   if all the functions required are present as some systems, e.g. NetBSD
+   do not have `uselocale'.  */
+#define HAVE_POSIX_2008_LOCALE
 extern locale_t c_locale;
 internal_proto(c_locale);
 #else
@@ -562,7 +566,7 @@ typedef struct st_parameter_dt
 	  char *line_buffer;
 	  struct format_data *fmt;
 	  namelist_info *ionml;
-#ifdef HAVE_NEWLOCALE
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_2008_LOCALE
 	  locale_t old_locale;
 #endif
 	  /* Current position within the look-ahead line buffer.  */
diff --git a/libgfortran/io/transfer.c b/libgfortran/io/transfer.c
index dc18bc34b32..c36d8bca808 100644
--- a/libgfortran/io/transfer.c
+++ b/libgfortran/io/transfer.c
@@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@ data_transfer_init_worker (st_parameter_dt *dtp, int read_flag)
 
   if (dtp->u.p.current_unit->flags.form == FORM_FORMATTED)
     {
-#ifdef HAVE_USELOCALE
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_2008_LOCALE
       dtp->u.p.old_locale = uselocale (c_locale);
 #else
       __gthread_mutex_lock (&old_locale_lock);
@@ -4243,7 +4243,7 @@ finalize_transfer (st_parameter_dt *dtp)
 	}
     }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_USELOCALE
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_2008_LOCALE
   if (dtp->u.p.old_locale != (locale_t) 0)
     {
       uselocale (dtp->u.p.old_locale);
diff --git a/libgfortran/io/unit.c b/libgfortran/io/unit.c
index a3b0656cb90..faf62997b5e 100644
--- a/libgfortran/io/unit.c
+++ b/libgfortran/io/unit.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static char stdout_name[] = "stdout";
 static char stderr_name[] = "stderr";
 
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NEWLOCALE
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_2008_LOCALE
 locale_t c_locale;
 #else
 /* If we don't have POSIX 2008 per-thread locales, we need to use the
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ init_units (void)
 {
   gfc_unit *u;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_NEWLOCALE
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_2008_LOCALE
   c_locale = newlocale (0, "C", 0);
 #else
 #ifndef __GTHREAD_MUTEX_INIT
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ close_units (void)
 
   free (newunits);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FREELOCALE
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_2008_LOCALE
   freelocale (c_locale);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/libgfortran/runtime/error.c b/libgfortran/runtime/error.c
index ff6b852a07c..a401dbad164 100644
--- a/libgfortran/runtime/error.c
+++ b/libgfortran/runtime/error.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ gf_strerror (int errnum,
     p = strerror (errnum);
   return p;
 #elif defined(HAVE_STRERROR_R)
-#ifdef HAVE_USELOCALE
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_2008_LOCALE
   /* Some targets (Darwin at least) have the POSIX 2008 extended
      locale functions, but not strerror_l.  So reset the per-thread
      locale here.  */