diff --git a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
index f256eb239..62889d072 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
@@ -251,6 +251,16 @@ class GrampsLocale(object):
         else:
             self.calendar = self.lang
 
+        if 'LC_NUMERIC' in os.environ:
+            self.numeric = os.environ['LC_NUMERIC']
+        else:
+            self.numeric = self.lang
+
+        if 'LC_MONETARY' in os.environ:
+            self.currency = os.environ['LC_MONETARY']
+        else:
+            self.currency = self.lang
+
     def _init_from_environment(self):
 
         def _check_locale(locale):
@@ -304,6 +314,18 @@ class GrampsLocale(object):
             else:
                 self.collation = self.lang
 
+            loc = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC)
+            if loc and loc[0]:
+                self.numeric = '.'.join(loc)
+            else:
+                self.numeric = self.lang
+
+            loc = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_MONETARY)
+            if loc and loc[0]:
+                self.currency = '.'.join(loc)
+            else:
+                self.currency = self.lang
+
     def _win_bindtextdomain(self, localedomain, localedir):
         """
         Help routine for loading and setting up libintl attributes
@@ -343,7 +365,7 @@ class GrampsLocale(object):
             else:
                 self._init_from_environment()
         else:
-            self.currency = self.calendar = self.collation = self.lang
+            self.numeric = self.currency = self.calendar = self.collation = self.lang
 
         if not self.lang:
             self.lang = 'en_US.UTF-8'
diff --git a/gramps/gen/utils/maclocale.py b/gramps/gen/utils/maclocale.py
index 0b842d3aa..c596614ca 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/utils/maclocale.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/utils/maclocale.py
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ def mac_setup_localization(glocale):
         locale = ""
         calendar = ""
         currency = ""
+#Note that numeric separators are encoded in AppleICUNumberSymbols,
+#with [0] being the decimal separator and [1] the thousands
+#separator. This obviously won't translate into a locale without
+#searching the locales database for a match.
         default_locale = _mac_get_gramps_defaults("AppleLocale")
         if not default_locale:
             return (locale, calendar, currency)
@@ -281,4 +285,9 @@ def mac_setup_localization(glocale):
     else:
         glocale.collation = glocale.lang[:5]
 
+    if "LC_NUMERIC" in os.environ:
+        glocale.numeric = os.environ["LC_NUMERIC"]
+    else:
+        glocale.numeric = glocale.lang[:5]
+