diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index f86b68285dd9b35c5c7a62cc7d7c38bb53e88e97..7f76be85325ce4b4fdd7af76449c4c4978e23b35 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ DELETE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = True
 
 SLUGIFY_SOURCE = 'basename'
 ARTICLE_SAVE_AS = '{slug}/index.html'
+
+LOCALE = ('en_US.utf8')