diff --git a/tests/fate-run.sh b/tests/fate-run.sh
index def0eb4093..8117c453fc 100755
--- a/tests/fate-run.sh
+++ b/tests/fate-run.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+export LC_ALL=C
+
 base=$(dirname $0)
 . "${base}/md5.sh"