diff --git a/src/mkarchroot.in b/src/mkarchroot.in
index 45ad19c..ff3426e 100644
--- a/src/mkarchroot.in
+++ b/src/mkarchroot.in
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ done
 unshare --mount pacstrap -${umode}Mc ${pac_conf:+-C "$pac_conf"} "$working_dir" \
 	"${cache_dirs[@]/#/--cachedir=}" "$@" || die 'Failed to install all packages'
 
-printf '%s.UTF-8 UTF-8\n' C en_US de_DE > "$working_dir/etc/locale.gen"
+printf '%s.UTF-8 UTF-8\n' en_US de_DE > "$working_dir/etc/locale.gen"
 echo 'LANG=C.UTF-8' > "$working_dir/etc/locale.conf"
 echo "$CHROOT_VERSION" > "$working_dir/.arch-chroot"