diff --git a/.zshenv b/.zshenv
index 82deea8..b32fb02 100644
--- a/.zshenv
+++ b/.zshenv
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ Linux*)
 		# fall back to latin 1.
 		LANG=en_US.iso88591
 	    fi
+	    export LANG
 	fi
 	# export LC_TIME=de_AT # don't remember what that was for
 	;;