diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 4adc617a3ebb0..751fbccc15eaa 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ export class Git {
 
 		options.env = assign({}, process.env, this.env, options.env || {}, {
 			VSCODE_GIT_COMMAND: args[0],
-			LC_ALL: 'en_US',
+			LC_ALL: 'en_US.UTF-8',
 			LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8'
 		});
 
@@ -954,4 +954,4 @@ export class Repository {
 
 		return { hash: match[1], message: match[2] };
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}