diff --git a/python-distro.changes b/python-distro.changes
index fad3cb4..ca4a810 100644
--- a/python-distro.changes
+++ b/python-distro.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 19 05:31:21 UTC 2021 - Sebastian Wagner <sebix+novell.com@sebix.at>
+
+- Tests: Set locale to UTF-8 to fix tests on Leap 15.3.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 26 16:23:18 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-distro.spec b/python-distro.spec
index 737c520..c501318 100644
--- a/python-distro.spec
+++ b/python-distro.spec
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ It is a renewed alternative implementation for Python's original platform.linux_
 
 %if %{with test}
 %check
+export LANG=C.UTF-8
 %pytest
 %endif