diff --git a/common/tasks/locale.py b/common/tasks/locale.py
index a0005b4..7c7371a 100644
--- a/common/tasks/locale.py
+++ b/common/tasks/locale.py
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ class GenerateLocale(Task):
 		search = '# ' + locale_str
 		sed_i(locale_gen, search, locale_str)
 
-		command = ['/usr/sbin/chroot', info.root, '/usr/sbin/locale-gen']
-		log_check_call(command)
+		log_check_call(['/usr/sbin/chroot', info.root, '/usr/sbin/locale-gen'])
+
+		lang = '{locale}.{charmap}'.format(locale=info.manifest.system['locale'],
+		                                   charmap=info.manifest.system['charmap'])
+		log_check_call(['/usr/sbin/chroot', info.root,
+		                '/usr/sbin/update-locale', 'LANG=' + lang])
 
 
 class SetTimezone(Task):