diff --git a/include/boost/locale.hpp b/include/boost/locale.hpp
index 989bba6c..0094827f 100644
--- a/include/boost/locale.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/locale.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <boost/locale/encoding.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/format.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/formatting.hpp>
+#include <boost/locale/numpunct.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/generator.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/gnu_gettext.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/info.hpp>
diff --git a/include/boost/locale/numpunct.hpp b/include/boost/locale/numpunct.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..076dba09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/boost/locale/numpunct.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2021-2021 Salvo Miosi
+//
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
+//  accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+#ifndef BOOST_LOCALE_NUMPUNCT_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define BOOST_LOCALE_NUMPUNCT_HPP_INCLUDED
+#include <boost/locale/config.hpp>
+#ifdef BOOST_MSVC
+#  pragma warning(push)
+#  pragma warning(disable : 4275 4251 4231 4660)
+#endif
+#include <locale>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace boost {
+    namespace locale {
+
+        template<typename CharType>
+        class BOOST_LOCALE_DECL numpunct_base : public std::numpunct<CharType>
+        {
+            typedef std::basic_string<CharType> string_type;
+        public:
+            numpunct_base(size_t refs = 0) : std::numpunct<CharType>(refs) {}
+            
+            string_type decimal_point_full() const {
+                return do_decimal_point_full();
+            }
+
+            string_type thousands_sep_full() const {
+                return do_thousands_sep_full();
+            }
+
+        protected:
+            virtual CharType do_decimal_point() const {
+                string_type dec = do_decimal_point_full();
+                if (dec.size() > 1) {
+                    return '.';
+                } else {
+                    return dec[0];
+                }
+            }
+
+            virtual string_type do_decimal_point_full() const {
+                static const char t[] = ".";
+                return string_type(t, t + sizeof(t) - 1);
+            }
+
+            virtual CharType do_thousands_sep() const {
+                string_type thous = do_thousands_sep_full();
+                if (thous.size() > 1) {
+                    return ',';
+                } else {
+                    return thous[0];
+                }
+            }
+
+            virtual string_type do_thousands_sep_full() const {
+                static const char t[] = ",";
+                return string_type(t, t + sizeof(t) - 1);
+            }
+
+            virtual string_type do_truename() const {
+                static const char t[] = "true";
+                return string_type(t, t + sizeof(t) - 1);
+            }
+
+            virtual string_type do_falsename() const {
+                static const char t[] = "false";
+                return string_type(t, t + sizeof(t) - 1);
+            }
+        };
+
+        template<typename CharType> struct numpunct {};
+
+        template<> struct numpunct<char> : numpunct_base<char> {
+            numpunct (size_t refs = 0) : numpunct_base<char>(refs) {}
+        };
+
+        template<> struct numpunct<wchar_t> : numpunct_base<wchar_t> {
+            numpunct (size_t refs = 0) : numpunct_base<wchar_t>(refs) {}
+        };
+
+        #ifdef BOOST_LOCALE_ENABLE_CHAR16_T
+        template<> struct numpunct<char16_t> : numpunct_base<char16_t> {
+            numpunct (size_t refs = 0) : numpunct_base<char16_t>(refs) {}
+        };
+        #endif
+        #ifdef BOOST_LOCALE_ENABLE_CHAR32_T
+        template<> struct numpunct<char32_t> : numpunct_base<char32_t> {
+            numpunct (size_t refs = 0) : numpunct_base<char32_t>(refs) {}
+        };
+        #endif
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/icu/numeric.cpp b/src/icu/numeric.cpp
index debecfb8..7a078ff4 100644
--- a/src/icu/numeric.cpp
+++ b/src/icu/numeric.cpp
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 #include "formatter.hpp"
 #include <boost/locale/formatting.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/hold_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/locale/numpunct.hpp>
 #include "all_generator.hpp"
 #include "cdata.hpp"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include "predefined_formatters.hpp"
+#include "uconv.hpp"
 
 namespace boost {
 namespace locale {
@@ -354,6 +356,46 @@ class num_parse : public std::num_get<CharType>, protected num_base
 
 };
 
+template<typename CharType>
+struct icu_numpunct : public numpunct<CharType> {
+    typedef std::basic_string<CharType> string_type;
+public:
+    icu_numpunct(icu::Locale const &loc)
+    {
+        UErrorCode err;
+        icu::NumberFormat *fmt = icu::NumberFormat::createInstance(loc, UNUM_DECIMAL, err);
+        if (icu::DecimalFormat *dec = dynamic_cast<icu::DecimalFormat *>(fmt)) {
+            boost::locale::impl_icu::icu_std_converter<CharType> cnv("UTF-8");
+            const icu::DecimalFormatSymbols *syms = dec->getDecimalFormatSymbols();
+            decimal_point_ = cnv.std(syms->getSymbol(icu::DecimalFormatSymbols::kDecimalSeparatorSymbol));
+            thousands_sep_ = cnv.std(syms->getSymbol(icu::DecimalFormatSymbols::kGroupingSeparatorSymbol));
+            if (dec->isGroupingUsed()) {
+                int32_t grouping_size = dec->getGroupingSize();
+                grouping_ = std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&grouping_size), 1);
+                int32_t grouping_size_2 = dec->getSecondaryGroupingSize();
+                if (grouping_size_2 > 0 && grouping_size_2 != grouping_size) {
+                    grouping_ = static_cast<char>(grouping_size_2) + grouping_;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+protected:
+    virtual string_type do_decimal_point_full() const {
+        return decimal_point_;
+    }
+    virtual string_type do_thousands_sep_full() const {
+        return thousands_sep_;
+    }
+    virtual std::string do_grouping() const {
+        return grouping_;
+    }
+
+private:
+    string_type decimal_point_;
+    string_type thousands_sep_;
+    std::string grouping_;
+};
+
 
 template<typename CharType>
 std::locale install_formatting_facets(std::locale const &in,cdata const &cd)
@@ -362,6 +404,7 @@ std::locale install_formatting_facets(std::locale const &in,cdata const &cd)
     if(!std::has_facet<icu_formatters_cache>(in)) {
         tmp=std::locale(tmp,new icu_formatters_cache(cd.locale)); 
     }
+    tmp=std::locale(tmp, new icu_numpunct<CharType>(cd.locale));
     return tmp;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/posix/numeric.cpp b/src/posix/numeric.cpp
index 2bef81e2..0735fdf7 100644
--- a/src/posix/numeric.cpp
+++ b/src/posix/numeric.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <boost/locale/formatting.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/generator.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/encoding.hpp>
+#include <boost/locale/numpunct.hpp>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -404,20 +405,16 @@ struct basic_numpunct {
 };
 
 template<typename CharType>
-class num_punct_posix : public std::numpunct<CharType> {
+class num_punct_posix : public numpunct<CharType> {
 public:
     typedef std::basic_string<CharType> string_type;
     num_punct_posix(locale_t lc,size_t refs = 0) : 
-        std::numpunct<CharType>(refs)
+        numpunct<CharType>(refs)
     {
         basic_numpunct np(lc);
         to_str(np.thousands_sep,thousands_sep_,lc);
         to_str(np.decimal_point,decimal_point_,lc);
         grouping_ = np.grouping;
-        if(thousands_sep_.size() > 1)
-            grouping_ = std::string();
-        if(decimal_point_.size() > 1)
-            decimal_point_ = CharType('.');
     }
     void to_str(std::string &s1,std::string &s2,locale_t /*lc*/)
     {
@@ -427,13 +424,13 @@ class num_punct_posix : public std::numpunct<CharType> {
     {
         s2=conv::to_utf<wchar_t>(s1,nl_langinfo_l(CODESET,lc));
     }
-    virtual CharType do_decimal_point() const
+    virtual string_type do_decimal_point_full() const
     {
-        return *decimal_point_.c_str();
+        return decimal_point_;
     }
-    virtual CharType do_thousands_sep() const
+    virtual string_type do_thousands_sep_full() const
     {
-        return *thousands_sep_.c_str();
+        return thousands_sep_;
     }
     virtual std::string do_grouping() const
     {
diff --git a/src/win32/numeric.cpp b/src/win32/numeric.cpp
index 00bc94fd..209715b9 100644
--- a/src/win32/numeric.cpp
+++ b/src/win32/numeric.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <boost/locale/formatting.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/generator.hpp>
 #include <boost/locale/encoding.hpp>
+#include <boost/locale/numpunct.hpp>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -119,11 +120,11 @@ class time_put_win : public std::time_put<CharType> {
 
 
 template<typename CharType>
-class num_punct_win : public std::numpunct<CharType> {
+class num_punct_win : public numpunct<CharType> {
 public:
     typedef std::basic_string<CharType> string_type;
     num_punct_win(winlocale const &lc,size_t refs = 0) : 
-        std::numpunct<CharType>(refs)
+        numpunct<CharType>(refs)
     {
         numeric_info np = wcsnumformat_l(lc) ;
         if(sizeof(CharType) == 1 && np.thousands_sep == L"\xA0")
@@ -132,10 +133,6 @@ class num_punct_win : public std::numpunct<CharType> {
         to_str(np.thousands_sep,thousands_sep_);
         to_str(np.decimal_point,decimal_point_);
         grouping_ = np.grouping;
-        if(thousands_sep_.size() > 1)
-            grouping_ = std::string();
-        if(decimal_point_.size() > 1)
-            decimal_point_ = CharType('.');
     }
     
     void to_str(std::wstring &s1,std::wstring &s2)
@@ -147,28 +144,18 @@ class num_punct_win : public std::numpunct<CharType> {
     {
         s2=conv::from_utf(s1,"UTF-8");
     }
-    virtual CharType do_decimal_point() const
+    virtual string_type do_decimal_point_full() const
     {
-        return *decimal_point_.c_str();
+        return decimal_point_;
     }
-    virtual CharType do_thousands_sep() const
+    virtual string_type do_thousands_sep_full() const
     {
-        return *thousands_sep_.c_str();
+        return thousands_sep_;
     }
     virtual std::string do_grouping() const
     {
         return grouping_;
     }
-    virtual string_type do_truename() const
-    {
-        static const char t[]="true";
-        return string_type(t,t+sizeof(t)-1);
-    }
-    virtual string_type do_falsename() const
-    {
-        static const char t[]="false";
-        return string_type(t,t+sizeof(t)-1);
-    }
 private:
     string_type decimal_point_;
     string_type thousands_sep_;
@@ -179,7 +166,7 @@ template<typename CharType>
 std::locale create_formatting_impl(std::locale const &in,winlocale const &lc)
 {
     if(lc.is_c()) {
-        std::locale tmp(in,new std::numpunct_byname<CharType>("C"));
+        std::locale tmp(in, new numpunct<CharType>());
         tmp=std::locale(tmp,new std::time_put_byname<CharType>("C"));
         tmp = std::locale(tmp,new num_format<CharType>(lc));
         return tmp;
@@ -193,14 +180,12 @@ std::locale create_formatting_impl(std::locale const &in,winlocale const &lc)
 }
 
 template<typename CharType>
-std::locale create_parsing_impl(std::locale const &in,winlocale const &lc)
+std::locale create_parsing_impl(std::locale tmp,winlocale const &lc)
 {
-    std::numpunct<CharType> *np = 0;
     if(lc.is_c())
-        np = new std::numpunct_byname<CharType>("C");
+        tmp = std::locale(tmp, new numpunct<CharType>());
     else
-        np = new num_punct_win<CharType>(lc);
-    std::locale tmp(in,np);
+        tmp = std::locale(tmp, new num_punct_win<CharType>(lc));
     tmp = std::locale(tmp,new util::base_num_parse<CharType>());
     return tmp;
 }