--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Ensure --quoting-style=locale/clocale uses Unicode quotes in UTF-8 locales
+
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh";
+print_ver_ ls
+
+test "$(LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 locale charmap 2>/dev/null)" = UTF-8 ||
+ skip_ 'en_US.UTF-8 locale not available'
+
+touch 'hello world' "it's" 'say "hi"' 'tab here' || framework_failure_
+
+# Note we use en_US as there are no translations provided,
+# and so locale quoting for UTF-8 is hardcoded to these quoting characters:
+# U+2018 = \xe2\x80\x98 (LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK)
+# U+2019 = \xe2\x80\x99 (RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK)
+lq=$(printf '\342\200\230')
+rq=$(printf '\342\200\231')
+
+# In UTF-8 locales, both locale and clocale should use Unicode quotes
+for style in locale clocale; do
+ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 ls --quoting-style=$style > out_${style}_utf8 || fail=1
+
+ # Verify Unicode left/right quotes are present
+ grep "$lq" out_${style}_utf8 > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+ || { echo "$style UTF-8: missing Unicode left quote"; fail=1; }
+ grep "$rq" out_${style}_utf8 > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+ || { echo "$style UTF-8: missing Unicode right quote"; fail=1; }
+
+ # Verify 'hello world' is quoted with Unicode quotes
+ grep "^${lq}hello world${rq}\$" out_${style}_utf8 > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+ || { echo "$style UTF-8: 'hello world' not properly quoted"; fail=1; }
+
+ # Embedded apostrophe should NOT be escaped (delimiters are different chars)
+ grep "^${lq}it's${rq}\$" out_${style}_utf8 > /dev/null 2>&1 || \
+ { echo "$style UTF-8: embedded apostrophe shouldn't be escaped"; fail=1; }
+
+ # Embedded double quote should NOT be escaped
+ grep "^${lq}say \"hi\"${rq}\$" out_${style}_utf8 > /dev/null 2>&1 || \
+ { echo "$style UTF-8: embedded double quote shouldn't be escaped"; fail=1; }
+
+ # Control characters should still be C-escaped
+ grep "tab\\\\there" out_${style}_utf8 > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+ || { echo "$style UTF-8: tab should be escaped as \\t"; fail=1; }
+done
+
+# In C locale, locale uses ASCII single quotes, clocale uses ASCII double quotes
+LC_ALL=C ls --quoting-style=locale > out_locale_c || fail=1
+grep "^'hello world'\$" out_locale_c > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+ || { echo "locale C: expected ASCII single quotes"; fail=1; }
+
+LC_ALL=C ls --quoting-style=clocale > out_clocale_c || fail=1
+grep '^"hello world"$' out_clocale_c > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+ || { echo "clocale C: expected ASCII double quotes"; fail=1; }
+
+Exit $fail