diff --git a/localedata/ChangeLog b/localedata/ChangeLog
index 0cb4be176d..cd94f7bf57 100644
--- a/localedata/ChangeLog
+++ b/localedata/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2007-09-30  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+	* locales/fr_FR: Change thousands_sep to U0020.
+
 	* locales/cs_CZ: Sort lowercase before uppercase.
 
 	* locales/en_GB: Change first weekday and workday to Monday.
diff --git a/localedata/locales/fr_FR b/localedata/locales/fr_FR
index e1de5da920..a9845fda11 100644
--- a/localedata/locales/fr_FR
+++ b/localedata/locales/fr_FR
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ END LC_MONETARY
 
 LC_NUMERIC
 decimal_point             "<U002C>"
-thousands_sep             ""
+thousands_sep             "<U0020>"
 grouping                  0;0
 END LC_NUMERIC