diff --git a/templates/OpenRC/files/locale.rc b/templates/OpenRC/files/locale.rc
index abf7eed433c..aaf9d7188e8 100644
--- a/templates/OpenRC/files/locale.rc
+++ b/templates/OpenRC/files/locale.rc
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ start()
 	# Set user defined locale
 	[ -z "$LOCALE" ] && LOCALE="en_US"
 	einfo "Setting system locale [$LOCALE] [UTF-8]"
-	echo "export LANG=$LOCALE" >> /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
+	echo "export LANG=$LOCALE.UTF-8" >> /etc/profile.d/locale.sh
 }