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+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from oeqa.core.decorator import OETestTag
+from oeqa.utils.commands import bitbake, runqemu
+
+class LocalesTest(OESelftestTestCase):
+
+    @OETestTag("runqemu")
+
+    def run_locales_test(self, binary_enabled):
+        features = []
+        features.append('EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "empty-root-password allow-empty-password allow-root-login"')
+        features.append('IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " glibc-utils localedef"')
+        features.append('GLIBC_GENERATE_LOCALES = "en_US.UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8"')
+        features.append('IMAGE_LINGUAS:append = " en-us fr-fr"')
+        if binary_enabled:
+            features.append('ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION = "1"')
+        else:
+            features.append('ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION = "0"')
+        self.write_config("\n".join(features))
+
+        # Build a core-image-minimal
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+
+        with runqemu("core-image-minimal", ssh=False, runqemuparams='nographic') as qemu:
+            cmd = "locale -a"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            # output must includes fr_FR or fr_FR.UTF-8
+            self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg='locale test command failed: output: %s' % output)
+            self.assertIn("fr_FR", output, msg='locale -a test failed: output: %s' % output)
+
+            cmd = "localedef --list-archive -v"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            # output must includes fr_FR.utf8
+            self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg='localedef test command failed: output: %s' % output)
+            self.assertIn("fr_FR.utf8", output, msg='localedef test failed: output: %s' % output)
+
+    def test_locales_on(self):
+        """
+        Summary: Test the locales are generated
+        Expected: 1. Check the locale exist in the locale-archive
+                  2. Check the locale exist for the glibc
+                  3. Check the locale can be generated
+        Product: oe-core
+        Author: Louis Rannou <lrannou@baylibre.com>
+        AutomatedBy: Louis Rannou <lrannou@baylibre.com>
+        """
+        self.run_locales_test(True)
+
+    def test_locales_off(self):
+        self.run_locales_test(False)