diff --git a/libraqm.spec b/libraqm.spec
index 5cdbf2f..1ac1949 100644
--- a/libraqm.spec
+++ b/libraqm.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ This package contains documentation files for raqm.
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check
+%if 0%{?el}
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+%else
 export LC_ALL=C.utf8
+%endif
 make check
 
 %install
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.{la,a}
 %changelog
 * Sun Sep 8 2019 Mosaab Alzoubi <moceap@hotmail.com> - 0.7.0-2
 - Use python3 instead of python in BRs
+- Use LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 in EPEL
 
 * Sun Sep 8 2019 Mosaab Alzoubi <moceap@hotmail.com> - 0.7.0-1
 - Updated to 0.7.0