diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index f17163f9f55..e4e0b662897 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ export class Git {
 
 		options.env = assign({}, process.env, this.env, options.env || {}, {
 			VSCODE_GIT_COMMAND: args[0],
+			LANGUAGE: 'en',
 			LC_ALL: 'en_US.UTF-8',
 			LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8',
 			GIT_PAGER: 'cat'