Index: vmdb2/vmdb/runcmd.py
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--- vmdb2.orig/vmdb/runcmd.py
+++ vmdb2/vmdb/runcmd.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def progress(msg):
 def runcmd(argv, **kwargs):
     progress("Exec: %r" % (argv,))
     env = kwargs.get("env", os.environ.copy())
-    env["LC_ALL"] = "C"
+    env["LC_ALL"] = "C.UTF8"
     kwargs["env"] = env
     kwargs["stdout"] = kwargs.get("stdout", subprocess.PIPE)
     kwargs["stderr"] = kwargs.get("stderr", subprocess.PIPE)
