diff --git a/config b/config
index 39cd876..d925a87 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ base_packages=(
 	rsync
 	git-core
 	mlocate
+	locales
 )
 
 purge_packages+=(
diff --git a/zlibs/bootstrap b/zlibs/bootstrap
index 7fed3dc..107ed9f 100644
--- a/zlibs/bootstrap
+++ b/zlibs/bootstrap
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ apt-get --yes --force-yes autoremove
 
 apt-get clean
 
+sed -e 's/# en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/' -i /etc/locale.gen
+locale-gen
+
 rm -f /debconf.set
 rm -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*
 rm -f /root/.bash_history