diff --git a/python-django-environ.changes b/python-django-environ.changes
index b909694..91ee6ba 100644
--- a/python-django-environ.changes
+++ b/python-django-environ.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 11 03:56:29 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Add LANG to %check to fix Leap
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 18 17:12:40 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/python-django-environ.spec b/python-django-environ.spec
index 96b990a..450ac3b 100644
--- a/python-django-environ.spec
+++ b/python-django-environ.spec
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ variables to configure Django applications.
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
+LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 %python_exec setup.py test
 
 %files %{python_files}