diff --git a/python-pyVows.changes b/python-pyVows.changes
index dcd6cde..9bc16e1 100644
--- a/python-pyVows.changes
+++ b/python-pyVows.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar  7 15:52:32 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Add LANG="en_US.UTF-8" to fix build issue on Leap
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 21 03:08:45 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pyVows.spec b/python-pyVows.spec
index fa99dcf..70f9754 100644
--- a/python-pyVows.spec
+++ b/python-pyVows.spec
@@ -52,13 +52,16 @@ pyVows is a BDD test engine based on Vows.js <http://vowsjs.org>.
 sed -i '/^#!/d' pyvows/__main__.py pyvows/cli.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"
 export PYTHONPATH=.
 export PATH=%{buildroot}%{_bindir}:$PATH
 %python_exec pyvows/cli.py -x tests/