--- rc.sysinit	Sun May 13 16:56:10 2007
+++ rc.sysinit.new	Sat Jul 21 01:36:50 2007
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 if [ "$(echo $LOCALE | /bin/grep -i utf)" ]; then
 	stat_busy "Setting Consoles to UTF-8"
 	/usr/bin/kbd_mode -u
-	/usr/bin/dumpkeys | /bin/loadkeys --unicode
+	/usr/bin/dumpkeys ${KEYMAP_CODING:+"-c${KEYMAP_CODING}"} | /bin/loadkeys --unicode
 	# the $CONSOLE check helps us avoid this when running scripts from cron
 	echo 'if [ "$CONSOLE" = "" -a "$TERM" = "linux" -a isatty ]; then echo -ne "\e%G"; fi' >>/etc/profile.d/locale.sh
 	stat_done