diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 439104c76609..31b0f523ac40 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6a1e008a0915f502eb026fb995ea3e49d5b017f7
+refs/heads/master: c051346b7db27aaf674b8f3b4955240580b2a58a
diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
index 33d4732a6c4a..6e39af1d8bc4 100644
--- a/trunk/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ NAME = Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity
 # o  print "Entering directory ...";
 MAKEFLAGS += -rR --no-print-directory
 
+# Avoid funny character set dependencies
+LC_ALL=
+LC_CTYPE=C
+LC_COLLATE=C
+LC_NUMERIC=C
+export LC_ALL LC_CTYPE LC_COLLATE LC_NUMERIC
+
 # We are using a recursive build, so we need to do a little thinking
 # to get the ordering right.
 #