diff --git a/python-dennis.changes b/python-dennis.changes
index 9095ea3..0746639 100644
--- a/python-dennis.changes
+++ b/python-dennis.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 28 07:16:05 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Add export LANG="en_US.UTF-8" to fix tests on Leap
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 13 09:45:25 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/python-dennis.spec b/python-dennis.spec
index 150f051..98eac23 100644
--- a/python-dennis.spec
+++ b/python-dennis.spec
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ mismatched HTML, missing variables, etc.
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
+export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
 %python_expand pytest-%{$python_bin_suffix} tests
 
 %files %{python_files}