diff --git a/setfontdirs b/setfontdirs
index c7fef43..109d9ee 100755
--- a/setfontdirs
+++ b/setfontdirs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+# $XFree86$
+#
+LANG=C
+export LANG
 FONTDIRS=fontdirs$$
 trap "rm $FONTDIRS" 0
 sh ./findfonts ${1+"$@"} > $FONTDIRS