diff --git a/OpenSim/Common/IO.cpp b/OpenSim/Common/IO.cpp
index dfe2d4e078..bd442129fc 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Common/IO.cpp
+++ b/OpenSim/Common/IO.cpp
@@ -480,6 +480,11 @@ OpenOutputFile(const string &aFileName,ios_base::openmode mode)
 double IO::
 stod(const std::string& __str, std::size_t* __idx)
 { 
+    double result;
+    struct ios_base : public std::ios_base {} s3;
+    s3.imbue(_locale);
+    std::ios::iostate err = std::ios_base::goodbit;
+    std::use_facet< std::num_get< char, std::string::const_iterator > >( s3.getloc() ).get( __str.begin(), __str.end(), s3, err, result );
     // std::istringstream iss(__str);
     // iss.imbue(_locale);
     // double result = 0.0;