diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index e0e05e00a51..19cfeff3213 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ export class Git {
 
 		options.env = assign({}, process.env, options.env || {}, {
 			VSCODE_GIT_COMMAND: args[0],
+			LC_ALL: 'en_US',
 			LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8'
 		});