diff --git a/python-CommonMark.spec b/python-CommonMark.spec
index 10e8494..9c03eb9 100644
--- a/python-CommonMark.spec
+++ b/python-CommonMark.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ so far seems to work (all tests pass on 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4).
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
 Version:        0.7.2
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python parser for the CommonMark Markdown spec
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ sed -i '1{\@^#!/usr/bin/env python@d}' CommonMark/cmark.py
 
 
 %check
+export LC_ALL='en_US.utf8'
+export LC_CTYPE='en_US.utf8'
+export LANG=en_US.utf8
+export PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8
 PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) %{__python2} setup.py test
 PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) %{__python3} setup.py test
 
@@ -99,6 +103,9 @@ PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) %{__python3} setup.py test
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Sep 18 2016 Julien Enselme <jujens@jujens.eu> - 0.7.2-2
+- Correct encodings in tests
+
 * Sun Sep 18 2016 Julien Enselme <jujens@jujens.eu> - 0.7.2-1
 - Update to 0.7.2