diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index 0ab4e7a..8341dd8 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -183,21 +183,21 @@ DEFS = {}
 failure = False
 
 if not conf.CheckBison():
-    print 'error: no usable bison version found'
+    print ('error: no usable bison version found')
     failure = True
 
 if not conf.CheckRe2c():
-    print 'error: no usable re2c version found'
+    print ('error: no usable re2c version found')
     failure = True
 
 if not conf.CheckCXX():
-    print 'error: no usable C++ compiler found'
-    print "Please check the log file for further information: " + log_file
+    print ('error: no usable C++ compiler found')
+    print ("Please check the log file for further information: " + log_file)
     Exit(1)
 
 if not conf.CheckSHCXX():
-    print 'error: no usable (shared) C++ compiler found'
-    print "Please check the log file for further information: " + log_file
+    print ('error: no usable (shared) C++ compiler found')
+    print ("Please check the log file for further information: " + log_file)
     Exit(1)
 
 if not conf.CheckThreadLocal():
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ if env['WITH_PYTHON'] == "auto":
         DEFS["WITH_PYTHON"] = 1
 elif env['WITH_PYTHON']:
     if not conf.CheckLibs("python", env['WITH_PYTHON'], "Python.h"):
-        print 'error: python library not found'
+        print ('error: python library not found')
         failure = True
     else:
         with_python = True
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ if env['WITH_LUA'] == "auto":
         DEFS["WITH_LUA"] = 1
 elif env['WITH_LUA']:
     if not conf.CheckLibs("lua", env['WITH_LUA'], "lua.hpp"):
-        print 'error: lua library not found'
+        print ('error: lua library not found')
         failure = True
     else:
         with_lua = True
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ if env['WITH_THREADS'] is not None:
     elif env['WITH_THREADS'] == "windows":
         pass # nohing to do
     else:
-        print 'error: unknown thread model'
+        print ('error: unknown thread model')
         failure = True
 
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ claspEnv.Append(CPPDEFINES=DEFS)
 # {{{1 Check configuration
 
 if failure:
-    print "Please check the log file for further information: " + log_file
+    print ("Please check the log file for further information: " + log_file)
     Exit(1)
 
 # {{{1 Opts: Library
diff --git a/libprogram_opts/src/string_convert.cpp b/libprogram_opts/src/string_convert.cpp
index 5e35424..16217de 100644
--- a/libprogram_opts/src/string_convert.cpp
+++ b/libprogram_opts/src/string_convert.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ typedef _locale_t  locale_t;
 #define freelocale _free_locale
 inline locale_t    default_locale() { return _create_locale(LC_ALL, "C"); }
 #else
-#include <xlocale.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 inline locale_t    default_locale() { return newlocale(LC_ALL_MASK, "C", 0); }
 #endif
 static struct LocaleHolder {