diff --git a/scripts/getver.sh b/scripts/getver.sh
index c33505edc7174dfd0e6c4578f18dd3ff68caa714..82fe62b189230f32c4cefd2e31b99636f3f9e70b 100755
--- a/scripts/getver.sh
+++ b/scripts/getver.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 export LANG=C
+export LC_ALL=C
 [ -n "$TOPDIR" ] && cd $TOPDIR
 
 try_version() {