diff --git a/perl-gettext.spec b/perl-gettext.spec
index 8c77b00..6cc1b14 100644
--- a/perl-gettext.spec
+++ b/perl-gettext.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-gettext
 Version:        1.05
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Summary:        Interface to gettext family of functions
 
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ chmod -R u+w $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
 
 
 %check
+unset LC_MESSAGES
+case "$LANG" in
+''|'C'|'POSIX' ) 
+  export LANG=en_US.UTF-8;;
+esac
 make test
 
-
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
@@ -54,6 +58,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 02 2005 Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@freenet.de> - 1.05-7
+- Work-around to "make test" not supporting LC_MESSAGES=POSIX.
+
 * Wed Nov 02 2005 Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@freenet.de> - 1.05-6
 - Obsoletes: perl-Locale-gettext <= 1.05.
 - Fix minor spec file typos.