diff --git a/usr.bin/lorder/lorder.sh b/usr.bin/lorder/lorder.sh
index 8123c96779b..4b6243cd347 100644
--- a/usr.bin/lorder/lorder.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/lorder/lorder.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ ${NM} ${NMFLAGS} -go $* | sed "
 	d
 "
 
+export LC_ALL=C
 # eliminate references that can be resolved by the same library.
 if [ $(expr "$*" : '.*\.a[[:>:]]') -ne 0 ]; then
 	sort -u -o $S $S