diff --git a/libcxx/include/locale b/libcxx/include/locale
--- a/libcxx/include/locale
+++ b/libcxx/include/locale
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@
     int __base = 16;
     // Stage 2
     char_type __atoms[26];
-    char_type __thousands_sep = 0;
+    char_type __thousands_sep = char_type();
     string __grouping;
     use_facet<ctype<_CharT> >(__iob.getloc()).widen(__num_get_base::__src,
                                                     __num_get_base::__src + 26, __atoms);
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/localization/locale.categories/category.numeric/locale.num.get/char.compile.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/localization/locale.categories/category.numeric/locale.num.get/char.compile.pass.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/localization/locale.categories/category.numeric/locale.num.get/char.compile.pass.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+
+// <locale>
+
+#include <locale>
+
+#include "test_macros.h"
+
+struct Char {
+  Char();
+  Char(char);
+  Char(unsigned);
+  explicit Char(int32_t);
+  operator int32_t() const;
+};
+namespace std {
+template <>
+struct char_traits<Char> {
+  typedef Char char_type;
+  typedef int int_type;
+  typedef streamoff off_type;
+  typedef streampos pos_type;
+  static char_type* find(const char_type*, size_t, char_type);
+  static char_type to_char_type(int_type);
+  static int_type to_int_type(char_type);
+  static int eq_int_type(int_type, int_type);
+  static int_type eof();
+};
+template <>
+class ctype<Char> : public locale::facet {
+public:
+  static locale::id id;
+  Char toupper(Char) const;
+  int widen(const char*, const char*, Char*) const;
+};
+template <>
+class numpunct<Char> : public locale::facet {
+public:
+  typedef basic_string<Char> string_type;
+  static locale::id id;
+  Char decimal_point() const;
+  Char thousands_sep() const;
+  string grouping() const;
+  string_type truename() const;
+  string_type falsename() const;
+};
+template <>
+struct basic_string<Char> {
+  Char operator[](int) const;
+  int copy(Char*, int) const;
+  unsigned long size() const;
+  bool empty() const;
+};
+} // namespace std
+void f() { new std::num_get<Char>; }