diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fe2be53..0f4bd50 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ FROM sabayon/base-amd64
 
 MAINTAINER mudler <mudler@sabayonlinux.org>
 
+# Set locales to en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
 # Accepting licenses needed to continue automatic install/upgrade
 ADD ./conf/spinbase-licenses /etc/entropy/packages/license.accept