diff --git a/devel/py-pooch/Makefile b/devel/py-pooch/Makefile
index f9133da04f8f..27962415e896 100644
--- a/devel/py-pooch/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pooch/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 # Created by: Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	pooch
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fetch your sample data files
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}appdirs>=0:devel/py-appdirs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
+USE_LOCALE=	en_US.UTF-8 # Python 3.6
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>