https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79511
--- Comment #11 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I think this is the fix for comment 9: --- a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/codecvt.cc +++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/codecvt.cc @@ -1483,7 +1483,11 @@ do_in(state_type&, const extern_type* __from, const extern_type* __from_end, { range<const char> from{ __from, __from_end }; range<wchar_t> to{ __to, __to_end }; - auto res = utf16_in(from, to, _M_maxcode, _M_mode); + codecvt_mode mode = codecvt_mode(_M_mode & (consume_header|generate_header)); +#if __BYTE_ORDER__ != __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__ + mode = codecvt_mode(mode | little_endian); +#endif + auto res = utf16_in(from, to, _M_maxcode, mode); __from_next = from.next; __to_next = to.next; return res;