diff --git a/configs/build_configs.sh b/configs/build_configs.sh
index 15ab6b380..c70377853 100755
--- a/configs/build_configs.sh
+++ b/configs/build_configs.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ SCRIPT="$(readlink -f $0)"
 OUTPUT_DIR="$PWD"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname $SCRIPT)"
 
+LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+
 # to handle this script being a symlink
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR