diff -up cronie-1.4.10/src/env.c.copy-env cronie-1.4.10/src/env.c
--- cronie-1.4.10/src/env.c.copy-env	2012-11-27 08:32:13.000000000 +0100
+++ cronie-1.4.10/src/env.c	2013-06-11 17:41:08.533094913 +0200
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "globals.h"
 #include "funcs.h"
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ char **env_copy(char **envp) {
 	return (p);
 }
 
-char **env_set(char **envp, char *envstr) {
+char **env_set(char **envp, const char *envstr) {
 	int count, found;
 	char **p, *envtmp;
 
@@ -112,6 +113,47 @@ char **env_set(char **envp, char *envstr
 	return (p);
 }
 
+int env_set_from_environ(char ***envpp) {
+	static const char *names[] = {
+		"LANG",
+		"LC_CTYPE",
+		"LC_NUMERIC",
+		"LC_TIME",
+		"LC_COLLATE",
+		"LC_MONETARY",
+		"LC_MESSAGES",
+		"LC_PAPER",
+		"LC_NAME",
+		"LC_ADDRESS",
+		"LC_TELEPHONE",
+		"LC_MEASUREMENT",
+		"LC_IDENTIFICATION",
+		"LC_ALL",
+		"LANGUAGE",
+		NULL
+	};
+	const char **name;
+	char **procenv;
+
+	for (procenv = environ; *procenv != NULL; ++procenv) {
+		for (name = names; *name != NULL; ++name) {
+			size_t namelen;
+
+			namelen = strlen(*name);
+			if (strncmp(*name, *procenv, namelen) == 0 
+			    && (*procenv)[namelen] == '=') {
+				char **tmpenv;
+
+				tmpenv = env_set(*envpp, *procenv);
+				if (tmpenv == NULL)
+					return FALSE;
+				*envpp = tmpenv;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
 /* The following states are used by load_env(), traversed in order: */
 enum env_state {
 	NAMEI,	/* First char of NAME, may be quote */
diff -up cronie-1.4.10/src/funcs.h.copy-env cronie-1.4.10/src/funcs.h
--- cronie-1.4.10/src/funcs.h.copy-env	2012-11-27 10:22:14.000000000 +0100
+++ cronie-1.4.10/src/funcs.h	2013-06-11 17:08:36.462019472 +0200
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ int		load_database(cron_db *),
 		swap_uids(void),
 		swap_uids_back(void),
 		load_env(char *, FILE *),
+		env_set_from_environ(char ***envpp),
 		cron_pclose(FILE *),
 		glue_strings(char *, size_t, const char *, const char *, char),
 		strcmp_until(const char *, const char *, char),
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ char		*env_get(const char *, char **),
 		*first_word(const char *, const char *),
 		**env_init(void),
 		**env_copy(char **),
-		**env_set(char **, char *);
+		**env_set(char **, const char *);
 
 user		*load_user(int, struct passwd *, const char *, const char *, const char *),
 		*find_user(cron_db *, const char *, const char *);
diff -up cronie-1.4.10/src/user.c.copy-env cronie-1.4.10/src/user.c
--- cronie-1.4.10/src/user.c.copy-env	2012-11-27 08:32:13.000000000 +0100
+++ cronie-1.4.10/src/user.c	2013-06-11 17:34:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ load_user (int crontab_fd, struct passwd
 	FILE *file;
 	user *u;
 	entry *e;
-	int status, save_errno = errno;
+	int status = TRUE, save_errno = 0;
 	char **envp = NULL, **tenvp;
 
 	if (!(file = fdopen(crontab_fd, "r")))	{
@@ -84,26 +84,24 @@ load_user (int crontab_fd, struct passwd
 	if (((u->name = strdup(fname)) == NULL)
 		|| ((u->tabname = strdup(tabname)) == NULL)) {
 		save_errno = errno;
-		free_user(u);
-		u = NULL;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-
 	/* init environment.  this will be copied/augmented for each entry.
 	*/
 	if ((envp = env_init()) == NULL) {
 		save_errno = errno;
-		free_user(u);
-		u = NULL;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	if (env_set_from_environ(&envp) == FALSE) {
+		save_errno = errno;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
 #ifdef WITH_SELINUX
 	if (get_security_context(pw == NULL ? NULL : uname,
 		crontab_fd, &u->scontext, tabname) != 0) {
-		free_user (u);
-		u = NULL;
 		goto done;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -111,15 +109,10 @@ load_user (int crontab_fd, struct passwd
 	*/
 	while ((status = load_env (envstr, file)) >= OK) {
 		switch (status) {
-			case ERR:
-				save_errno = errno;
-				free_user(u);
-				u = NULL;
-				goto done;
 			case FALSE:
 				FileName = tabname;
 				e = load_entry(file, log_error, pw, envp);
-		  		if (e) {
+				if (e) {
 					e->next = u->crontab;
 					u->crontab = e;
 				}
@@ -127,16 +120,18 @@ load_user (int crontab_fd, struct passwd
 			case TRUE:
 				if ((tenvp = env_set (envp, envstr)) == NULL) {
 					save_errno = errno;
-					free_user(u);
-					u = NULL;
 					goto done;
 				}
-			envp = tenvp;
-			break;
+				envp = tenvp;
+				break;
 		}
 	}
 
 done:
+	if (status == TRUE) {
+		free_user(u);
+		u = NULL;
+	}
 	if (envp)
 		env_free(envp);
 	fclose(file);