diff --git a/tasks/ubuntu/localepurge.yml b/tasks/ubuntu/localepurge.yml
index 7cd77e48e3b44c1c35825fc4c7898734c090e103..3097547c807be782c90f31f14513cdcadbf30e79 100644
--- a/tasks/ubuntu/localepurge.yml
+++ b/tasks/ubuntu/localepurge.yml
@@ -55,3 +55,8 @@
     update_cache: yes
     pkg:
       - localepurge
+
+#
+
+- name: Force locale to {{ locale }}
+  shell: update-locale --reset LANG={{ locale }} LC_ALL={{ locale }}