diff --git a/python-xmltodict.changes b/python-xmltodict.changes
index 2d20979..857e784 100644
--- a/python-xmltodict.changes
+++ b/python-xmltodict.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr  6 00:00:15 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Add export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 to fix Leap builds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 26 12:20:55 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/python-xmltodict.spec b/python-xmltodict.spec
index 94788d5..234e731 100644
--- a/python-xmltodict.spec
+++ b/python-xmltodict.spec
@@ -44,13 +44,16 @@ http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/05/31/converting-between-xml-and-json.html
 sed -i '1{\@^#!%{_bindir}/env python@d}' xmltodict.py
 
 %build
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 %python_build
 
 %install
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 %python_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 %python_expand nosetests-%{$python_bin_suffix}
 
 %files %{python_files}