diff --git a/apache-commons-compress.spec b/apache-commons-compress.spec
index 52e3877..17efe3d 100644
--- a/apache-commons-compress.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-compress.spec
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ rm src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/z/ZCompressorInputStrea
 %build
 %mvn_file  : %{short_name} %{name}
 %mvn_alias : commons:
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+%endif
 %mvn_build -- -Dcommons.osgi.symbolicName=org.apache.commons.compress
 
 %install