diff --git a/args.hxx b/args.hxx
index 85671f9..d1bd637 100644
--- a/args.hxx
+++ b/args.hxx
@@ -1499,6 +1499,12 @@ namespace args
                 if (!failed)
                 {
                     std::istringstream ss(raw);
+                    // Use the C locale so that the cword index parses
+                    // consistently regardless of any std::locale::global call
+                    // elsewhere in the process. A locale with a non-empty
+                    // grouping facet would otherwise reject digit-only inputs
+                    // like "12" when grouping rules expect separators.
+                    ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
                     ss >> parsed;
                     if (ss.fail())
                     {
@@ -3820,6 +3826,12 @@ namespace args
         ParseNumericValue(const std::string &value, T &destination)
         {
             std::istringstream ss(value);
+            // Pin parsing to the C locale so that the decimal separator and
+            // thousands grouping behavior do not silently depend on whatever
+            // std::locale::global was last set to elsewhere in the process.
+            // Without this, e.g. "3.14" parses as 3 (with ".14" trailing) in
+            // any locale whose numpunct facet treats ',' as the decimal point.
+            ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
             ss >> destination;
             if (ss.fail())
             {
diff --git a/test/locale_independent_parsing.cxx b/test/locale_independent_parsing.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b089d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/locale_independent_parsing.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#include "test_common.hxx"
+#include <args.hxx>
+#include "test_helpers.hxx"
+
+#include <locale>
+
+// Custom numpunct facet that uses ',' as the decimal point and ';' as
+// the thousands separator. Installing this in the global C++ locale
+// reproduces what happens on systems where std::locale::global has been
+// set to a locale with non-"C" numeric formatting (e.g. de_DE), without
+// requiring any specific system locale to be installed on the test host.
+struct CommaDecimalPunct : std::numpunct<char>
+{
+protected:
+    char do_decimal_point() const override { return ','; }
+    char do_thousands_sep() const override { return ';'; }
+    std::string do_grouping() const override { return "\3"; }
+};
+
+int main()
+{
+    // Save the original global locale so the test does not leak state.
+    const std::locale original_global = std::locale();
+
+    // Install an anonymous global locale derived from the classic locale,
+    // overriding numpunct only. This anonymous-locale form does not call
+    // setlocale() under the hood, so it cannot perturb anything outside
+    // the C++ locale machinery.
+    std::locale::global(std::locale(std::locale::classic(), new CommaDecimalPunct));
+
+    // Regardless of the global locale's decimal point, command-line
+    // numeric arguments must keep using '.' as the decimal separator.
+    // Before the fix, this would parse "3.14" as 3 (with ".14" trailing)
+    // and either silently truncate or be rejected.
+    {
+        args::ArgumentParser parser("locale-independent parsing test");
+        args::ValueFlag<double> rate(parser, "RATE", "rate", {'r', "rate"});
+
+        std::vector<std::string> a{"--rate", "3.14"};
+        parser.ParseArgs(a);
+        const double v = args::get(rate);
+        test::require(v > 3.139 && v < 3.141);
+    }
+
+    // The '.'-as-decimal contract also holds for float.
+    {
+        args::ArgumentParser parser("locale-independent parsing test");
+        args::ValueFlag<float> rate(parser, "RATE", "rate", {'r', "rate"});
+
+        std::vector<std::string> a{"--rate", "2.5"};
+        parser.ParseArgs(a);
+        const float v = args::get(rate);
+        test::require(v > 2.49f && v < 2.51f);
+    }
+
+    // The ',' character is not a decimal separator on the command line,
+    // so it must be rejected as trailing garbage regardless of locale.
+    test::require_throws_as<args::ParseError>([] {
+        args::ArgumentParser parser("locale-independent parsing test");
+        args::ValueFlag<double> rate(parser, "RATE", "rate", {'r', "rate"});
+        std::vector<std::string> a{"--rate", "3,14"};
+        parser.ParseArgs(a);
+    });
+
+    // Restore the original global locale so we do not perturb later
+    // tests sharing the process (defensive; tests are independent
+    // executables under CTest but this is cheap and safe).
+    std::locale::global(original_global);
+
+    return 0;
+}