diff --git a/src/version.c.SH b/src/version.c.SH
index 2f270ef47..e3d34a0c0 100644
--- a/src/version.c.SH
+++ b/src/version.c.SH
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ fi
 generation=`expr $generation + 1`
 export LANG=C
 export LC_TIME=C
+export LC_ALL=C
 creation=`date | \
 awk '{if (NF == 6) \
          { print $1 " "  $2 " " $3 " "  $6 " at " $4 " " $5 } \
diff --git a/unrealircd.in b/unrealircd.in
index fabcdaf9a..e1c3ca3e4 100644
--- a/unrealircd.in
+++ b/unrealircd.in
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ elif [ "$1" = "backtrace" ] ; then
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
+	# This is needed for the script below and is probably also helpful for the
+	# bug report since you usually want to paste this to the development team.
+	export LANG=C
+	export LC_ALL=C
+
 	# The tmp/*.so files are often already deleted. Here we have some
 	# (ugly) scripting to recreate the tmp/*.so links to the modules *.so files...
 	echo 'info sharedlibrary'|gdb @BINDIR@/unrealircd $corefile 2>/dev/null|\