=== modified file 'termkey.c'
--- termkey.c	2014-01-05 18:23:46 +0000
+++ termkey.c	2013-08-26 17:46:01 +0000
@@ -382,10 +382,19 @@
   tk->fd = fd;
 
   if(!(flags & (TERMKEY_FLAG_RAW|TERMKEY_FLAG_UTF8))) {
+    int locale_is_utf8 = 0;
     char *e;
 
-    if(((e = getenv("LANG")) || (e = getenv("LC_MESSAGES")) || (e = getenv("LC_ALL"))) &&
-       strstr(e, "UTF-8"))
+    if((e = getenv("LANG")) && strstr(e, "UTF-8"))
+      locale_is_utf8 = 1;
+
+    if(!locale_is_utf8 && (e = getenv("LC_MESSAGES")) && strstr(e, "UTF-8"))
+      locale_is_utf8 = 1;
+
+    if(!locale_is_utf8 && (e = getenv("LC_ALL")) && strstr(e, "UTF-8"))
+      locale_is_utf8 = 1;
+
+    if(locale_is_utf8)
       flags |= TERMKEY_FLAG_UTF8;
     else
       flags |= TERMKEY_FLAG_RAW;