diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/gpu/behavior/locale.cpp b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/gpu/behavior/locale.cpp
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+// Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+#include "common_test_utils/test_common.hpp"
+#include "ngraph_functions/utils/ngraph_helpers.hpp"
+#include "functional_test_utils/plugin_cache.hpp"
+#include "ngraph_functions/subgraph_builders.hpp"
+#include <ie_core.hpp>
+#include <ie_plugin_config.hpp>
+
+inline std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function> makeTestModel(std::vector<size_t> inputShape = {1, 1, 32, 32}) {
+    ngraph::Shape in_shape(inputShape);
+    auto et = ngraph::element::Type_t::f16;
+    auto in = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset1::Parameter>(et, in_shape);
+    auto gelu = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset7::Gelu>(in);
+    auto swish_const = ngraph::op::Constant::create(et, ngraph::Shape{}, {2.5f});
+    auto swish = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset4::Swish>(gelu, swish_const);
+    ngraph::Shape reluShape = swish->outputs()[0].get_tensor().get_shape();
+    std::vector<size_t> constShape2 = {1, ngraph::shape_size(reluShape)};
+    auto const2 = ngraph::opset1::Constant::create(ngraph::element::i64, ngraph::Shape{2}, constShape2);
+    auto reshape2 = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset1::Reshape>(swish, const2, false);
+    ngraph::ResultVector results{std::make_shared<ngraph::opset1::Result>(reshape2)};
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function> fnPtr = std::make_shared<ngraph::Function>(results, ngraph::ParameterVector{in});
+    return fnPtr;
+}
+
+class CustomLocaleTest : public CommonTestUtils::TestsCommon {
+protected:
+    std::string test_name = ::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->current_test_info()->name();
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Function> function;
+
+    void SetUp() override {
+        function = makeTestModel();
+    }
+};
+TEST_F(CustomLocaleTest, CanLoadNetworkWithCustomLocale) {
+    auto prev = std::locale();
+    try {
+        std::locale::global(std::locale("ru_RU.UTF-8"));
+    } catch (...) {
+        GTEST_SKIP();
+    }
+
+    std::shared_ptr<InferenceEngine::Core> ie = PluginCache::get().ie();
+    InferenceEngine::CNNNetwork cnnNet(function);
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(ie->LoadNetwork(cnnNet, "GPU"));
+
+    std::locale::global(prev);
+}