diff --git a/zzz_templates/automatic_packages.sh b/zzz_templates/automatic_packages.sh
index 2b677c36c..67426d2e9 100644
--- a/zzz_templates/automatic_packages.sh
+++ b/zzz_templates/automatic_packages.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 VERBOSE=false
 # Non interactive
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+export LANG="C.UTF-8"
 # Allow undefined variables
 set +u 2>/dev/null
 # Get env variables