diff --git a/data/system/boot/SetupEnvironment b/data/system/boot/SetupEnvironment
index 23948ba868..0f3bd51104 100644
--- a/data/system/boot/SetupEnvironment
+++ b/data/system/boot/SetupEnvironment
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #
 
 export HOME=/boot/home
+export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
 
 BUILDHOME=/boot/develop
 BETOOLS="$BUILDHOME/tools/gnupro/bin"