diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 86d8ff20..6ecc3541 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.319) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * copy set locale hook from core to desktop-next
+
+ -- Sebastien Bacher <seb128@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:40:25 +0200
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.318) wily; urgency=medium
 
   * merge lp:~sergiusens/livecd-rootfs/no-walinuxagent to remove all the
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-desktop-next/hooks/13-set-locale.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-desktop-next/hooks/13-set-locale.chroot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ac33906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-desktop-next/hooks/13-set-locale.chroot
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+cat >/etc/default/locale<<EOF
+LANG="C.UTF-8"
+EOF