diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index fe19269..0bac265 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -5411,9 +5411,11 @@
 	return (int)vim_snprintf_safelen((char *)buf, buflen,
 	    "%s", _("Top"));
 
+    int perc = calc_percentage(above, above + below);
+    char tmp[8];
     // localized percentage value
-    return (int)vim_snprintf_safelen((char *)buf, buflen,
-	_("%2d%%"), calc_percentage(above, above + below));
+    vim_snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), _("%d%%"), perc);
+    return (int)vim_snprintf_safelen((char *)buf, buflen, _("%2s"), tmp);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_normal.vim b/src/testdir/test_normal.vim
index cbd90ec..a8fe7b5 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_normal.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_normal.vim
@@ -4377,4 +4377,30 @@
   bwipe!
 endfunc
 
+func Test_pos_percentage_in_turkish_locale()
+  throw 'Skipped: FIXME: please remove throw when Turkish locale has been updated!'
+  CheckRunVimInTerminal
+  defer execute(':lang C')
+
+  try
+    let dir = expand('$VIMRUNTIME/lang/tr/')
+    let target = expand('$VIMRUNTIME/lang/tr/LC_MESSAGES/')
+    let tr = '../po/tr.mo'
+    call mkdir(dir, 'R')
+    call mkdir(target, '')
+    call filecopy(tr, target .. 'vim.mo')
+    lang tr_TR.UTF-8
+    let buf = RunVimInTerminal('', {'rows': 5})
+    call term_sendkeys(buf, ":lang tr_TR.UTF-8\<cr>")
+    call term_sendkeys(buf, ":put =range(1,40)\<cr>")
+    call term_sendkeys(buf, ":5\<cr>")
+    call WaitForAssert({-> assert_match('%8$', term_getline(buf, 5))})
+
+    call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+  catch /E197:/
+    " can't use Turkish locale
+    throw 'Skipped: Turkish locale not available'
+  endtry
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab nofoldenable
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 6db18c6..f36bcac 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -710,6 +710,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1479,
+/**/
     1478,
 /**/
     1477,