diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
index abf48f79f0..d05390d3cc 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ OEINCLUDELOGS ?= "yes"
 KERNEL_CONSOLE ?= "ttyS0"
 KEEPUIMAGE ??= "yes"
 
-IMAGE_LINGUAS ?= "en-us en-gb"
+DEFAULT_IMAGE_LINGUAS = "en-us en-gb"
+DEFAULT_IMAGE_LINGUAS:libc-glibc = "c en-us en-gb"
+IMAGE_LINGUAS ?= "${DEFAULT_IMAGE_LINGUAS}"
+
 ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION ?= "1"
 LOCALE_UTF8_ONLY ?= "0"
 LOCALE_UTF8_IS_DEFAULT ?= "1"