diff --git a/tcshrc.aliases b/tcshrc.aliases
index 517909a..e0702fe 100644
--- a/tcshrc.aliases
+++ b/tcshrc.aliases
@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@ else
     alias p echo "Password store not found!"
 endif
 
+# Pick up the coreutils printf, if it exists...
+if( -f `which gprintf` ) then
+	alias printf gprintf
+endif
+
+if( ! { printf '\u0000' } ) >&/dev/null then
+	setenv CSHENV_NO_UNICODE_PRINTF
+endif
+
 safe_source ${CSHENV_DIR}/tcshrc.aliases.${CSHENV_SYSTEM}
 safe_source ${CSHENV_DIR}/tcshrc.aliases.${CSHENV_HOSTNAME}
 safe_source ${CSHENV_DIR}/tcshrc.aliases.user