diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index e903d57..47b5daf 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -299,7 +299,10 @@ class CommandLineTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         # Make sure the default localization conditions on this "system"
         # support UTF-8 encoding.
         loc = locale.getlocale()
-        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C.UTF-8')
+        try:
+            locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C.UTF-8')
+        except locale.Error:
+            locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF-8')
 
         sys.stdout, sys.stderr = StringIO(), StringIO()
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ctx: