diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d31fd53..c804dac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install chrpath diffstat lz4
+          sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+          sudo update-locale
       - run: |
           git clone -b kirkstone --single-branch git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
           git clone -b kirkstone --single-branch git://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded