diff --git a/bin/dig/dig.c b/bin/dig/dig.c
index 43e015b88c..a7c34a3ec4 100644
--- a/bin/dig/dig.c
+++ b/bin/dig/dig.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ received(int bytes, isc_sockaddr_t *from, dig_query_t *query) {
 		 * wide-character string, which strftime() handles incorrectly.
 		 */
 		if (wcsftime(time_str, sizeof(time_str)/sizeof(time_str[0]),
-			     "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y", &tmnow) > 0U)
+			     L"%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y", &tmnow) > 0U)
 			printf(";; WHEN: %ls\n", time_str);
 #else
 		if (strftime(time_str, sizeof(time_str),