diff --git a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+KNOWN_VIOLATIONS=(
+    "src/base58.cpp:.*isspace"
+    "src/bitcoin-tx.cpp.*stoul"
+    "src/bitcoin-tx.cpp.*trim_right"
+    "src/bitcoin-tx.cpp:.*atoi"
+    "src/core_read.cpp.*is_digit"
+    "src/dbwrapper.cpp:.*vsnprintf"
+    "src/httprpc.cpp.*trim"
+    "src/init.cpp:.*atoi"
+    "src/netbase.cpp.*to_lower"
+    "src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp:.*atoi"
+    "src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp:.*isdigit"
+    "src/rest.cpp:.*strtol"
+    "src/rpc/server.cpp.*to_upper"
+    "src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp:.*snprintf"
+    "src/test/getarg_tests.cpp.*split"
+    "src/torcontrol.cpp:.*atoi"
+    "src/uint256.cpp:.*isspace"
+    "src/uint256.cpp:.*tolower"
+    "src/util.cpp:.*atoi"
+    "src/util.cpp:.*tolower"
+    "src/utilmoneystr.cpp:.*isdigit"
+    "src/utilmoneystr.cpp:.*isspace"
+    "src/utilstrencodings.cpp:.*atoi"
+    "src/utilstrencodings.cpp:.*isspace"
+    # Append the opening parenthesis to avoid shadowing strtoll with grep
+    "src/utilstrencodings.cpp:.*strtol\("
+    "src/utilstrencodings.cpp:.*strtoll"
+    # Append the opening parenthesis to avoid shadowing strtoull with grep
+    "src/utilstrencodings.cpp:.*strtoul\("
+    "src/utilstrencodings.cpp:.*strtoull"
+    "src/utilstrencodings.h:.*atoi"
+)
+
+REGEXP_IGNORE_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES="src/(crypto/ctaes/|leveldb/|secp256k1/|seeder/|tinyformat.h|univalue/)"
+
+LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS=(
+    alphasort    # LC_COLLATE (via strcoll)
+    asctime      # LC_TIME (directly)
+    asprintf     # (via vasprintf)
+    atof         # LC_NUMERIC (via strtod)
+    atoi         # LC_NUMERIC (via strtol)
+    atol         # LC_NUMERIC (via strtol)
+    atoll        # (via strtoll)
+    atoq
+    btowc        # LC_CTYPE (directly)
+    ctime        # (via asctime or localtime)
+    dprintf      # (via vdprintf)
+    fgetwc
+    fgetws
+    fold_case    # boost::locale::fold_case
+#   fprintf      # (via vfprintf)
+    fputwc
+    fputws
+    fscanf       # (via __vfscanf)
+    fwprintf     # (via __vfwprintf)
+    getdate      # via __getdate_r => isspace // __localtime_r
+    getwc
+    getwchar
+    is_digit     # boost::algorithm::is_digit
+    is_space     # boost::algorithm::is_space
+    isalnum      # LC_CTYPE
+    isalpha      # LC_CTYPE
+    isblank      # LC_CTYPE
+    iscntrl      # LC_CTYPE
+    isctype      # LC_CTYPE
+    isdigit      # LC_CTYPE
+    isgraph      # LC_CTYPE
+    islower      # LC_CTYPE
+    isprint      # LC_CTYPE
+    ispunct      # LC_CTYPE
+    isspace      # LC_CTYPE
+    isupper      # LC_CTYPE
+    iswalnum     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswalpha     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswblank     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswcntrl     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswctype     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswdigit     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswgraph     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswlower     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswprint     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswpunct     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswspace     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswupper     # LC_CTYPE
+    iswxdigit    # LC_CTYPE
+    isxdigit     # LC_CTYPE
+    localeconv   # LC_NUMERIC + LC_MONETARY
+    mblen        # LC_CTYPE
+    mbrlen
+    mbrtowc
+    mbsinit
+    mbsnrtowcs
+    mbsrtowcs
+    mbstowcs     # LC_CTYPE
+    mbtowc       # LC_CTYPE
+    mktime
+    normalize    # boost::locale::normalize
+#   printf       # LC_NUMERIC
+    putwc
+    putwchar
+    scanf        # LC_NUMERIC
+    setlocale
+    snprintf
+    sprintf
+    sscanf
+    stod
+    stof
+    stoi
+    stol
+    stold
+    stoll
+    stoul
+    stoull
+    strcasecmp
+    strcasestr
+    strcoll      # LC_COLLATE
+#   strerror
+    strfmon
+    strftime     # LC_TIME
+    strncasecmp
+    strptime
+    strtod       # LC_NUMERIC
+    strtof
+    strtoimax
+    strtol       # LC_NUMERIC
+    strtold
+    strtoll
+    strtoq
+    strtoul      # LC_NUMERIC
+    strtoull
+    strtoumax
+    strtouq
+    strxfrm      # LC_COLLATE
+    swprintf
+    to_lower     # boost::locale::to_lower
+    to_title     # boost::locale::to_title
+    to_upper     # boost::locale::to_upper
+    tolower      # LC_CTYPE
+    toupper      # LC_CTYPE
+    towctrans
+    towlower     # LC_CTYPE
+    towupper     # LC_CTYPE
+    trim         # boost::algorithm::trim
+    trim_left    # boost::algorithm::trim_left
+    trim_right   # boost::algorithm::trim_right
+    ungetwc
+    vasprintf
+    vdprintf
+    versionsort
+    vfprintf
+    vfscanf
+    vfwprintf
+    vprintf
+    vscanf
+    vsnprintf
+    vsprintf
+    vsscanf
+    vswprintf
+    vwprintf
+    wcrtomb
+    wcscasecmp
+    wcscoll      # LC_COLLATE
+    wcsftime     # LC_TIME
+    wcsncasecmp
+    wcsnrtombs
+    wcsrtombs
+    wcstod       # LC_NUMERIC
+    wcstof
+    wcstoimax
+    wcstol       # LC_NUMERIC
+    wcstold
+    wcstoll
+    wcstombs     # LC_CTYPE
+    wcstoul      # LC_NUMERIC
+    wcstoull
+    wcstoumax
+    wcswidth
+    wcsxfrm      # LC_COLLATE
+    wctob
+    wctomb       # LC_CTYPE
+    wctrans
+    wctype
+    wcwidth
+    wprintf
+)
+
+function join_array {
+    local IFS="$1"
+    shift
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+REGEXP_IGNORE_KNOWN_VIOLATIONS=$(join_array "|" "${KNOWN_VIOLATIONS[@]}")
+
+# Invoke "git grep" only once in order to minimize run-time
+REGEXP_LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS=$(join_array "|" "${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS[@]}")
+GIT_GREP_OUTPUT=$(git grep -E "[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>](${REGEXP_LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS}(_r|_s)?)[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>]" -- ":/*.cpp" ":/*.h")
+
+EXIT_CODE=0
+for LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTION in "${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS[@]}"; do
+    MATCHES=$(grep -E "[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>]${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTION}(_r|_s)?[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>]" <<< "${GIT_GREP_OUTPUT}" | \
+        grep -vE "\.(c|cpp|h):\s*(//|\*|/\*|\").*${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTION}")
+    if [[ ${REGEXP_IGNORE_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES} != "" ]]; then
+        MATCHES=$(grep -vE "${REGEXP_IGNORE_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES}" <<< "${MATCHES}")
+    fi
+    if [[ ${REGEXP_IGNORE_KNOWN_VIOLATIONS} != "" ]]; then
+        MATCHES=$(grep -vE "${REGEXP_IGNORE_KNOWN_VIOLATIONS}" <<< "${MATCHES}")
+    fi
+    if [[ ${MATCHES} != "" ]]; then
+        echo "The locale dependent function ${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTION}(...) appears to be used:"
+        echo "${MATCHES}"
+        echo
+        EXIT_CODE=1
+    fi
+done
+if [[ ${EXIT_CODE} != 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Unnecessary locale dependence can cause bugs that are very"
+    echo "tricky to isolate and fix. Please avoid using locale dependent"
+    echo "functions if possible."
+    echo
+    echo "Advice not applicable in this specific case? Add an exception"
+    echo "by updating the ignore list in $0"
+fi
+exit ${EXIT_CODE}