diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/fe-settings.c b/src/fe-common/core/fe-settings.c
index 5a7b2b64..59dbdbba 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/fe-settings.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/fe-settings.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static void settings_save_fe(const char *fname)
 
 static void settings_save_confirm(const char *line, char *fname)
 {
-	if (toupper(*line) == nl_langinfo(YESEXPR))
+	if (regexp_match(line, nl_langinfo(YESEXPR))
 		settings_save_fe(fname);
 	g_free(fname);
 }
diff --git a/src/nls.h b/src/nls.h
index c01f8e60..fe6ed0e5 100644
--- a/src/nls.h
+++ b/src/nls.h
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+
 #  ifdef HAVE_LIBINTL_H
 #    include <libintl.h>
 #  else
 #    include "../intl/libgettext.h"
 #  endif
+
 #  define _(String) gettext (String)
 #  ifdef gettext_noop
 #    define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
 #  else
 #    define N_(String) (String)
 #  endif
+
 #  ifdef HAVE_LANGINFO_H
 #    include <langinfo.h>
 #  else
 #    define nl_langinfo(x) x
-#    define YESEXPR 'Y'
+#  endif
+#  ifndef YESEXPR
+#    define YESEXPR "^[yY]"
 #  endif
 #else
 /* Stubs that do something close enough.  */