diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 10ecf574..38c423ba 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ ifeq (${WIN32},)  #*nix Environments (&& cygwin)
       endif
     endif
   endif
+  export LANG = en_US.UTF-8
   ifeq (,$(shell ${GCC} -v /dev/null 2>&1 | grep 'clang'))
     GCC_VERSION = $(shell ${GCC} -v /dev/null 2>&1 | grep 'gcc version' | awk '{ print $$3 }')
     COMPILER_NAME = GCC Version: $(GCC_VERSION)