diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
index 58f1cfe1eb34..db435b791a09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "bench/bench.h"
 
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@ int cmd_bench(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	/* Unbuffered output */
 	setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 
 	if (argc < 2) {
 		/* No collection specified. */