diff --git a/python2-django1.11.spec b/python2-django1.11.spec
index c72abbb..4fe4953 100644
--- a/python2-django1.11.spec
+++ b/python2-django1.11.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Name:           python2-django1.11
 
 Version:        1.11.16
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Version 1.11 LTS of Django, a high-level Python Web framework
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ pathfix.py -pni "%{__python2} %{py2_shbang_opts}" %{buildroot}%{python2_sitelib}
 
 %check
 export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)
-export LANG=en_US.utf8
+export LANG=C.utf8
 cd tests
 %{__python2} ./runtests.py --settings=test_sqlite --verbosity=2 --parallel 1
 
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ cd tests
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 08 2018 Petr Viktorin <pviktori@redhat.com> - 1.11.16-2
+- Switch locale from en_US.utf-8 to C.utf-8 for tests
+
 * Fri Aug 03 2018 Petr Viktorin <pviktori@redhat.com> - 1.11.16-1
 - Update to 1.11.16 release -- data loss bug fix
   Fixed a race condition in QuerySet.update_or_create() that could result in data loss