diff --git a/lib/libzutil/zutil_nicenum.c b/lib/libzutil/zutil_nicenum.c
index 44d68e85d0db..3d5e94fc738f 100644
--- a/lib/libzutil/zutil_nicenum.c
+++ b/lib/libzutil/zutil_nicenum.c
@@ -25,11 +25,39 @@
  */
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <libzutil.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+/*
+ * Replace the C locale decimal point ('.') with the locale-specific
+ * decimal separator in the formatted string.  This ensures that
+ * commands like "zfs list" respect the user's LC_NUMERIC locale.
+ */
+static void
+zfs_nicenum_locale_decimal(char *buf)
+{
+	const struct lconv *lc = localeconv();
+	const char *dp = lc->decimal_point;
+
+	/*
+	 * If locale uses '.' or is empty, nothing to change.
+	 * Skip multibyte separators (e.g. Arabic U+066B) since we can only
+	 * safely replace a single-byte decimal point in the formatted string.
+	 */
+	if (dp == NULL || dp[0] == '.' || dp[0] == '\0' || strlen(dp) > 1)
+		return;
+
+	for (char *p = buf; *p != '\0'; p++) {
+		if (*p == '.') {
+			*p = dp[0];
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Return B_TRUE if "str" is a number string, B_FALSE otherwise.
  * Works for integer and floating point numbers.
@@ -140,8 +168,10 @@ zfs_nicenum_format(uint64_t num, char *buf, size_t buflen,
 
 			} else {
 				if (snprintf(buf, buflen, "%.*f%s", i,
-				    val, u) <= 5)
+				    val, u) <= 5) {
+					zfs_nicenum_locale_decimal(buf);
 					break;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}