diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index bc8d6f2..f6e6993 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 #DH_VERBOSE = 1
 
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed