diff --git a/perl-Text-Reform.spec b/perl-Text-Reform.spec
index 8377696..1f9d8e6 100644
--- a/perl-Text-Reform.spec
+++ b/perl-Text-Reform.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-Text-Reform
 Version:        1.12.2
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 Summary:        Manual text wrapping and reformatting
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null \;
 %{_fixperms} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
 
 %check
-make test
+# the testsuite fails for locales with decimal point != ".", i.e. it
+# fails for almost all European languages except en
+LC_NUMERIC=C make test
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -47,6 +49,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 17 2010 Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com> - 1.12.2-8
+- fix check for non-English languages
+
 * Fri Dec  4 2009 Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com> - 1.12.2-7
 - rebuild against perl 5.10.1