diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_cli.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_cli.rb
index bb2708282..2a663f873 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_cli.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/rabbitmq_cli.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def self.append_to_path(dir)
 
   def self.home_tmp_command(name, path)
     has_command name, path do
-      environment HOME: '/tmp'
+      environment HOME: '/tmp', LC_ALL: 'en_US.UTF-8'
     end
   end