diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bdf91491c2..3e92510941 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Dec 21 00:20:51 CET 2008 Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
+
+	avoid "make check" failures due to localized error messages
+	* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): set LC_ALL=C
+
 Sat Dec 20 14:10:09 CET 2008 Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
 
 	save and remove kvm/qemu domain status
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 87e42359aa..52906067e4 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT =				\
   PATH="$(path_add)$(PATH_SEPARATOR)$$PATH"	\
   SHELL="$(SHELL)"				\
   LIBVIRT_DRIVER_DIR="$(abs_top_builddir)/src/.libs" \
+  LC_ALL=C					\
   $(VG)
 
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