diff --git a/include/cutils/tztime.h b/include/cutils/tztime.h
index 9b3ece8..69dbc88 100644
--- a/include/cutils/tztime.h
+++ b/include/cutils/tztime.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 struct strftime_locale {
     const char *mon[12];    /* short names */
     const char *month[12];  /* long names */
+    const char *standalone_month[12];  /* long standalone names */
     const char *wday[7];    /* short names */
     const char *weekday[7]; /* long names */
     const char *X_fmt;
diff --git a/libcutils/tzstrftime.c b/libcutils/tzstrftime.c
index 29c5015..e37d79a 100644
--- a/libcutils/tzstrftime.c
+++ b/libcutils/tzstrftime.c
@@ -172,10 +172,17 @@
 					pt, ptlim, modifier);
 				continue;
 			case 'B':
-				pt = _add((t->tm_mon < 0 ||
-					t->tm_mon >= MONSPERYEAR) ?
-					"?" : Locale->month[t->tm_mon],
-					pt, ptlim, modifier);
+				if (modifier == '-') {
+					pt = _add((t->tm_mon < 0 ||
+						t->tm_mon >= MONSPERYEAR) ?
+						"?" : Locale->standalone_month[t->tm_mon],
+						pt, ptlim, modifier);
+				} else {
+					pt = _add((t->tm_mon < 0 ||
+						t->tm_mon >= MONSPERYEAR) ?
+						"?" : Locale->month[t->tm_mon],
+						pt, ptlim, modifier);
+				}
 				continue;
 			case 'b':
 			case 'h':