diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 756b8bd46..a7212d976 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
 # Optionally, if you set this to "random", it'll load a random theme each
 # time that oh-my-zsh is loaded.
 ZSH_THEME="lust"
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
 # Example aliases
 # alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"