diff --git a/mysqld.init b/mysqld.init
index 613ee24..fd23bc1 100644
--- a/mysqld.init
+++ b/mysqld.init
@@ -38,19 +38,13 @@ charset()
 		|| echo "Unable to find charset: $CHSET"
 	fi
 	unset LANG LANGUAGE LC_ALL
-	default_charset="$(HOME=/var/empty . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh && locale |sed -ne 's/^LC_COLLATE="\?[^".]\+\.\([^"]\+\)"\?$/\1/p')"
+	default_charset="$(HOME=/var/empty . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh && locale \
+		| sed -ne 's/^LC_COLLATE="\?[^".]\+\.\([^"]\+\)"\?$/\1/p' \
+		| tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' \
+		| tr -d '-')"
 	case "$default_charset" in
-		CP1251)
-			CHSET=cp1251
-			;;
-		KOI8-R)
-			CHSET=koi8r
-			;;
-		KOI8-U)
-			CHSET=koi8u
-			;;
-		UTF-8)
-			CHSET=utf8
+		cp1251|koi8r|koi8u|utf8)
+			CHSET="$default_charset"
 			;;
 		*)
 			echo "Unable to find proper charset from system locale, setting 'utf8'."