diff --git a/t/100-init.t b/t/100-init.t
index f2b3a05155b66cfeb7c124d79cf97168b5cb7043..f8cb5ef242f05cdbf7972c1ec9d983226d115cbc 100644
--- a/t/100-init.t
+++ b/t/100-init.t
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ my $output = `./vcsh status`;
 
 ok $output eq "", 'No repos set up yet.';
 
-$output = `./vcsh init test1`;
+$output = `LC_ALL=C ./vcsh init test1`;
 
 ok $output eq "Initialized empty shared Git repository in " . $ENV{'HOME'} . "/.config/vcsh/repo.d/test1.git/\n";