diff -up man-1.6f/src/manpath.c.pom man-1.6f/src/manpath.c
--- man-1.6f/src/manpath.c.pom	2008-11-21 11:32:40.000000000 +0100
+++ man-1.6f/src/manpath.c	2008-11-21 11:32:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ add_to_list (char *dir, char *lang, int 
 static void
 add_to_mandirlist_x (char *dir, char *lang, int perrs) {
 	add_to_list(dir, lang, perrs);
+        if (lang && strncmp(lang,"C",1) == 0) {
+                char lang2[2];
+                lang2[0] = 0;
+                add_to_list(dir, lang2, perrs);
+        }
 	if (lang && strlen(lang) > 5 && lang[5] == '.') {
 		char lang2[6];	/* e.g. zh_CN from zh_CN.GB2312 */