diff -Nur pilot-link.0.9.5-bak/libsock/util.c pilot-link.0.9.5/libsock/util.c
--- pilot-link.0.9.5-bak/libsock/util.c	Mon Dec 10 08:21:10 2001
+++ pilot-link.0.9.5/libsock/util.c	Mon Dec 10 21:04:27 2001
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <iconv.h>
 #endif
 
-#define PILOT_CHARSET "CP1252"
+#define DEFAULT_PILOT_CHARSET "CP1252"
 
 /***********************************************************************
  *
@@ -51,8 +51,13 @@
 	iconv_t cd;
 	char *ib, *ob;
 	size_t ibl, obl;
+	char *charset_env;
 
-	cd = iconv_open(PILOT_CHARSET, charset);
+	charset_env = getenv("PILOTCHARSET");
+	if (charset_env)
+		cd = iconv_open(charset_env, charset);
+	if (!charset_env || !cd)
+		cd = iconv_open(DEFAULT_PILOT_CHARSET, charset);
 	if (!cd)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -92,8 +97,13 @@
 	iconv_t cd;
 	char *ib, *ob;
 	size_t ibl, obl;
+	char *charset_env;
 
-	cd = iconv_open(charset, PILOT_CHARSET);
+	charset_env = getenv("PILOTCHARSET");
+	if (charset_env)
+		cd = iconv_open(charset, charset_env);
+	if (!charset_env || !cd)
+		cd = iconv_open(charset, DEFAULT_PILOT_CHARSET);
 	if (!cd)
 		return -1;