diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4b4bdfb..c14ddd7 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 %:
 	dh ${@} --buildsystem=cmake \