diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index d7b8a384b4a..82d0af46f0e 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ UTS_TRUNCATE="sed -e s/\(.\{1,$UTS_LEN\}\).*/\1/"
     echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_DOMAIN
   fi
 
-  echo \#define LINUX_COMPILER \"`$CC -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\"
+  echo \#define LINUX_COMPILER \"`LC_ALL=C LANG=C $CC -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\"
 ) > .tmpcompile
 
 # Only replace the real compile.h if the new one is different,