1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/op/mkdir.t b/t/op/mkdir.t
index 5a6dfe5f5c..d47570358d 100755
--- a/t/op/mkdir.t
+++ b/t/op/mkdir.t
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ print "1..7\n";
 
 $^O eq 'MSWin32' ? `del /s /q blurfl 2>&1` : `rm -rf blurfl`;
 
+# tests 3 and 7 rather naughtily expect English error messages
+$ENV{'LC_ALL'} = 'C';
+
 print (mkdir('blurfl',0777) ? "ok 1\n" : "not ok 1\n");
 print (mkdir('blurfl',0777) ? "not ok 2\n" : "ok 2\n");
 print ($! =~ /exist/ ? "ok 3\n" : "not ok 3\n");