diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index db09c75191..b406b09fda 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ export BUILD_STRIP = "${BUILD_PREFIX}strip"
 export MAKE = "make"
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "-e MAKEFLAGS="
 
+export LC_ALL = "C"
+
 ##################################################################
 # Patch handling.
 ##################################################################