diff --git a/scripts/update-po b/scripts/update-po
index ae024f030..f29346744 100755
--- a/scripts/update-po
+++ b/scripts/update-po
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # vim: expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4:
+export LC_COLLATE=C
 LOCS=`ls po/*.po | sed 's@.*/\(.*\)\.po@\1@'`
 xgettext \
     -d phpmyadmin \