diff --git a/rpmlint/checks/AppDataCheck.py b/rpmlint/checks/AppDataCheck.py
index f8eb421f..98bc3a63 100644
--- a/rpmlint/checks/AppDataCheck.py
+++ b/rpmlint/checks/AppDataCheck.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import subprocess
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 
 from rpmlint.checks.AbstractCheck import AbstractFilesCheck
+from rpmlint.helpers import ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
 
 
 class AppDataCheck(AbstractFilesCheck):
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class AppDataCheck(AbstractFilesCheck):
 
         validation_failed = False
         try:
-            r = subprocess.run(cmd.split())
+            r = subprocess.run(cmd.split(), env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
             if r.returncode != 0:
                 validation_failed = True
         except FileNotFoundError:
diff --git a/rpmlint/checks/BashismsCheck.py b/rpmlint/checks/BashismsCheck.py
index b910fffe..2f8a828d 100644
--- a/rpmlint/checks/BashismsCheck.py
+++ b/rpmlint/checks/BashismsCheck.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import stat
 import subprocess
 
 from rpmlint.checks.AbstractCheck import AbstractFilesCheck
+from rpmlint.helpers import ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
 
 
 class BashismsCheck(AbstractFilesCheck):
@@ -28,14 +29,14 @@ class BashismsCheck(AbstractFilesCheck):
         potential bash issues.
         """
         try:
-            r = subprocess.run(['dash', '-n', filepath])
+            r = subprocess.run(['dash', '-n', filepath], env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
             if r.returncode == 2:
                 self.output.add_info('W', pkg, 'bin-sh-syntax-error', filename)
         except (FileNotFoundError, UnicodeDecodeError):
             pass
 
         try:
-            r = subprocess.run(['checkbashisms', filepath])
+            r = subprocess.run(['checkbashisms', filepath], env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
             if r.returncode == 1:
                 self.output.add_info('W', pkg, 'potential-bashisms', filename)
         except (FileNotFoundError, UnicodeDecodeError):
diff --git a/rpmlint/checks/FilesCheck.py b/rpmlint/checks/FilesCheck.py
index 04fd919e..d5ec553d 100644
--- a/rpmlint/checks/FilesCheck.py
+++ b/rpmlint/checks/FilesCheck.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import subprocess
 
 import rpm
 from rpmlint.checks.AbstractCheck import AbstractCheck
-from rpmlint.helpers import byte_to_string
+from rpmlint.helpers import byte_to_string, ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
 from rpmlint.pkg import catcmd, is_utf8, is_utf8_bytestr
 
 # must be kept in sync with the filesystem package
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ class FilesCheck(AbstractCheck):
                             (catcmd(f), quote(pkgfile.path),
                              quote(self.man_warn_category), os.devnull),
                             shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-                            env=dict(os.environ, LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'))
+                            env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
 
                         for line in command.stdout.decode().split('\n'):
                             res = man_warn_regex.search(line)
diff --git a/rpmlint/checks/MenuCheck.py b/rpmlint/checks/MenuCheck.py
index 1392de5b..191d80ce 100644
--- a/rpmlint/checks/MenuCheck.py
+++ b/rpmlint/checks/MenuCheck.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import subprocess
 
 import rpm
 from rpmlint.checks.AbstractCheck import AbstractCheck
+from rpmlint.helpers import ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
 
 
 menu_file_regex = re.compile(r'^/usr/lib/menu/([^/]+)$')
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ class MenuCheck(AbstractCheck):
             directory = pkg.dirName()
             for f in menus:
                 # remove comments and handle cpp continuation lines
-                text = subprocess.run(('/lib/cpp', directory + f), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).stdout.decode()
+                text = subprocess.run(('/lib/cpp', directory + f), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT).stdout.decode()
                 if text.endswith('\n'):
                     text = text[:-1]
 
diff --git a/rpmlint/checks/MenuXDGCheck.py b/rpmlint/checks/MenuXDGCheck.py
index 536f559c..c679a951 100644
--- a/rpmlint/checks/MenuXDGCheck.py
+++ b/rpmlint/checks/MenuXDGCheck.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import subprocess
 
 from rpmlint.checks.AbstractCheck import AbstractFilesCheck
+from rpmlint.helpers import ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
 
 STANDARD_BIN_DIRS = ('/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin')
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class MenuXDGCheck(AbstractFilesCheck):
     def check_file(self, pkg, filename):
         root = pkg.dirName()
         f = root + filename
-        command = subprocess.run(('desktop-file-validate', f), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        command = subprocess.run(('desktop-file-validate', f), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         text = command.stdout.decode()
         if command.returncode:
             error_printed = False
diff --git a/rpmlint/checks/PostCheck.py b/rpmlint/checks/PostCheck.py
index 449d2c14..7b94e965 100644
--- a/rpmlint/checks/PostCheck.py
+++ b/rpmlint/checks/PostCheck.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import tempfile
 import rpm
 from rpmlint import pkg as Pkg
 from rpmlint.checks.AbstractCheck import AbstractCheck
-from rpmlint.helpers import byte_to_string
+from rpmlint.helpers import byte_to_string, ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
 
 
 # shells that grok the -n switch for debugging
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def check_syntax_script(prog, commandline, script):
     try:
         tmpfile.write(script)
         tmpfile.close()
-        ret = subprocess.run((prog, commandline, tmpname))
+        ret = subprocess.run((prog, commandline, tmpname), env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
     finally:
         tmpfile.close()
         os.remove(tmpname)
diff --git a/rpmlint/checks/SpecCheck.py b/rpmlint/checks/SpecCheck.py
index 9547d443..dcc3dfc5 100644
--- a/rpmlint/checks/SpecCheck.py
+++ b/rpmlint/checks/SpecCheck.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import rpm
 from rpmlint import pkg as Pkg
 from rpmlint.checks.AbstractCheck import AbstractCheck
-from rpmlint.helpers import readlines
+from rpmlint.helpers import ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT, readlines
 
 # Don't check for hardcoded library paths in biarch packages
 DEFAULT_BIARCH_PACKAGES = '^(gcc|glibc)'
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ class SpecCheck(AbstractCheck):
         # capture and print them nicely, so we do it once each way :P
 
         outcmd = subprocess.run(
-            ('rpm', '-q', '--qf=', '-D', '_sourcedir %s' % Path(self._spec_file).parent, '--specfile', self._spec_file), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            ('rpm', '-q', '--qf=', '-D', '_sourcedir %s' % Path(self._spec_file).parent, '--specfile', self._spec_file), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         text = outcmd.stdout.decode()
         if text.endswith('\n'):
             text = text[:-1]
diff --git a/rpmlint/helpers.py b/rpmlint/helpers.py
index 086e395d..d4a6a3ec 100644
--- a/rpmlint/helpers.py
+++ b/rpmlint/helpers.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 # File containing various helper functions used across rpmlint
 
+import os
 from shutil import get_terminal_size
 import sys
 
 from rpmlint.color import Color
 
 
+ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT = dict(os.environ, LC_ALL='en_US')
+
+
 def string_center(message, filler=' '):
     """
     Create string centered of the terminal
diff --git a/rpmlint/lddparser.py b/rpmlint/lddparser.py
index 99d47545..597155de 100644
--- a/rpmlint/lddparser.py
+++ b/rpmlint/lddparser.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import re
 import subprocess
 
+from rpmlint.helpers import ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
+
 
 class LddParser:
     """
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ class LddParser:
 
     def parse_dependencies(self):
         r = subprocess.run(['ldd', '-u', self.pkgfile_path], encoding='utf8',
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         if r.returncode == 0:
             return
 
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ class LddParser:
 
     def parse_undefined_symbols(self):
         r = subprocess.run(['ldd', '-r', self.pkgfile_path], encoding='utf8',
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         # here ldd should always return 0
         if r.returncode != 0:
             self.parsing_failed_reason = r.stderr
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ class LddParser:
         # run c++filt demangler for all collected symbols
         if self.undefined_symbols:
             r = subprocess.run(['c++filt'] + self.undefined_symbols, encoding='utf8',
-                               stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                               stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
             if r.returncode != 0:
                 self.parsing_failed_reason = r.stderr
             else:
diff --git a/rpmlint/objdumpparser.py b/rpmlint/objdumpparser.py
index 07616833..738d228c 100644
--- a/rpmlint/objdumpparser.py
+++ b/rpmlint/objdumpparser.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
+from rpmlint.helpers import ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
+
 
 class ObjdumpParser:
     """
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ class ObjdumpParser:
 
     def parse_dwarf_compilation_units(self):
         r = subprocess.run(['objdump', '--dwarf=info', '--dwarf-depth=1', self.pkgfile_path], encoding='utf8',
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         # here ldd should always return 0
         if r.returncode != 0:
             self.parsing_failed_reason = r.stderr
diff --git a/rpmlint/pkg.py b/rpmlint/pkg.py
index 7c7df56d..efc149f5 100644
--- a/rpmlint/pkg.py
+++ b/rpmlint/pkg.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     _magic = None
 import rpm
-from rpmlint.helpers import byte_to_string, print_warning
+from rpmlint.helpers import byte_to_string, ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT, print_warning
 from rpmlint.pkgfile import PkgFile
 
 
@@ -471,12 +471,12 @@ class Pkg(AbstractPkg):
             command_str = \
                 'rpm2cpio %(f)s | cpio -id -D %(d)s ; chmod -R +rX %(d)s' % \
                 {'f': quote(str(self.filename)), 'd': quote(dirname)}
-            subprocess.run(command_str, shell=True)
+            subprocess.run(command_str, shell=True, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
             self.extracted = True
         return dirname
 
     def checkSignature(self):
-        ret = subprocess.run(('rpm', '-K', self.filename), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        ret = subprocess.run(('rpm', '-K', self.filename), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         text = ret.stdout.decode()
         if text.endswith('\n'):
             text = text[:-1]
diff --git a/rpmlint/readelfparser.py b/rpmlint/readelfparser.py
index 957b02b4..1139df06 100644
--- a/rpmlint/readelfparser.py
+++ b/rpmlint/readelfparser.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from itertools import dropwhile, takewhile
 import re
 import subprocess
 
+from rpmlint.helpers import ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
+
 
 class ElfSection:
     """
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ class ElfSectionInfo:
 
     def parse(self):
         r = subprocess.run(['readelf', '-W', '-S', self.path], encoding='utf8',
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         if r.returncode != 0:
             self.parsing_failed_reason = r.stderr
             return
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ class ElfProgramHeaderInfo:
 
     def parse(self):
         r = subprocess.run(['readelf', '-W', '-l', self.path], encoding='utf8',
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         if r.returncode != 0:
             self.parsing_failed_reason = r.stderr
             return
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ class ElfDynamicSectionInfo:
 
     def parse(self):
         r = subprocess.run(['readelf', '-W', '-d', self.path], encoding='utf8',
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         if r.returncode != 0:
             self.parsing_failed_reason = r.stderr
             return
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ class ElfSymbolTableInfo:
 
     def parse(self):
         r = subprocess.run(['readelf', '-W', '-s', self.path], encoding='utf8',
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         if r.returncode != 0:
             self.parsing_failed_reason = r.stderr
             return
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ class ElfCommentInfo:
 
     def parse(self):
         r = subprocess.run(['readelf', '-p', '.comment', self.path], encoding='utf8',
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         if r.returncode != 0:
             self.parsing_failed_reason = r.stderr
             return
diff --git a/rpmlint/stringsparser.py b/rpmlint/stringsparser.py
index 52b60405..b2c95498 100644
--- a/rpmlint/stringsparser.py
+++ b/rpmlint/stringsparser.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
+from rpmlint.helpers import ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT
+
 
 class StringsParser:
     """
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ class StringsParser:
 
     def parse(self):
         r = subprocess.run(['strings', self.pkgfile_path], encoding='utf8',
-                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=ENGLISH_ENVIROMENT)
         if r.returncode != 0:
             self.parsing_failed_reason = r.stderr
             return