diff --git a/desktop_version/src/CWrappers.cpp b/desktop_version/src/CWrappers.cpp
index 32ee9c6a..9f826196 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/CWrappers.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/CWrappers.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #include <SDL.h>
 
+#include "Localization.h"
 #include "UtilityClass.h"
 
-extern "C" char* HELP_number_words(int _t)
+extern "C"
+{
+
+char* HELP_number_words(int _t)
 {
     /* C wrapper for UtilityClass::number_words.
      * Caller must VVV_free. */
@@ -15,3 +19,10 @@ extern "C" char* HELP_number_words(int _t)
 
     return buffer;
 }
+
+uint32_t LOC_toupper_ch(uint32_t ch)
+{
+    return loc::toupper_ch(ch);
+}
+
+} /* extern "C" */
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/CWrappers.h b/desktop_version/src/CWrappers.h
index eb03880f..f24e5e25 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/CWrappers.h
+++ b/desktop_version/src/CWrappers.h
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 #define CWRAPPERS_H
 
 char* HELP_number_words(int _t);
+uint32_t LOC_toupper_ch(uint32_t ch);
 
 #endif /* CWRAPPERS_H */
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/VFormat.c b/desktop_version/src/VFormat.c
index ae8eff90..1e116d48 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/VFormat.c
+++ b/desktop_version/src/VFormat.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static inline void call_with_upper(format_callback callback, void* userdata, con
     utf8[bytes] = '\0';
 
     PHYSFS_utf8ToUcs4(utf8, utf32, conv_bytes*4);
-    utf32[0] = SDL_toupper(utf32[0]); /* FIXME: use loc::toupper_ch in localization branch */
+    utf32[0] = LOC_toupper_ch(utf32[0]);
     PHYSFS_utf8FromUcs4(utf32, utf8, conv_bytes);
 
     callback(userdata, utf8, SDL_strlen(utf8));