diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index 54458ab..a247384 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Sep 14 02:08:41 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Define LANG in %check to fix openSUSE/SLE 15 testsuite
+
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 Wed Aug 21 12:40:01 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index a690b51..0496617 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ sed -r -i '1s@^#!/.*$@@' setuptools/command/easy_install.py
 
 %check
 %if %{with test}
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 %pytest
 %endif