diff --git a/common/bin/dots b/common/bin/dots
index d962e48..e9b68d4 100755
--- a/common/bin/dots
+++ b/common/bin/dots
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ fi
 pkgdrift=0
 tmp=$(mktemp)
 if command -v pacman >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  pacman -Qqen | sort > "$tmp"
+  pacman -Qqen | LC_ALL=C sort > "$tmp"
   [[ -f "packages/${HOST}.pacman" ]] && ! diff -q "$tmp" "packages/${HOST}.pacman" >/dev/null && pkgdrift=1
 elif command -v apt-mark >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  apt-mark showmanual | sort > "$tmp"
+  apt-mark showmanual | LC_ALL=C sort > "$tmp"
   [[ -f "packages/${HOST}.apt" ]] && ! diff -q "$tmp" "packages/${HOST}.apt" >/dev/null && pkgdrift=1
 fi
 rm -f "$tmp"
diff --git a/common/bin/pkg-snapshot b/common/bin/pkg-snapshot
index 215e74e..3e8baf5 100755
--- a/common/bin/pkg-snapshot
+++ b/common/bin/pkg-snapshot
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ OUT="${REPO}/packages"
 mkdir -p "$OUT"
 
 if command -v pacman >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  pacman -Qqen | sort > "${OUT}/${HOST}.pacman"
-  pacman -Qqem | sort > "${OUT}/${HOST}.aur"
+  pacman -Qqen | LC_ALL=C sort > "${OUT}/${HOST}.pacman"
+  pacman -Qqem | LC_ALL=C sort > "${OUT}/${HOST}.aur"
   echo "wrote ${HOST}.pacman ($(wc -l < "${OUT}/${HOST}.pacman")) and ${HOST}.aur ($(wc -l < "${OUT}/${HOST}.aur"))"
 elif command -v apt-mark >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  apt-mark showmanual | sort > "${OUT}/${HOST}.apt"
+  apt-mark showmanual | LC_ALL=C sort > "${OUT}/${HOST}.apt"
   echo "wrote ${HOST}.apt ($(wc -l < "${OUT}/${HOST}.apt"))"
 else
   echo "pkg-snapshot: no pacman or apt-mark on this machine" >&2; exit 1