diff --git a/dist/CMakeLists.txt b/dist/CMakeLists.txt
index f3d501da3..b89966f70 100644
--- a/dist/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dist/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-execute_process(COMMAND date "+%a %b %d %Y"
-                OUTPUT_VARIABLE RPM_DATE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+execute_process(COMMAND env LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" date "+%a %b %d %Y" OUTPUT_VARIABLE RPM_DATE OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/clementine.spec.in
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/clementine.spec @ONLY)