diff --git a/policycoreutils/audit2allow/audit2allow b/policycoreutils/audit2allow/audit2allow
index 6bbab408..e23e418b 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/audit2allow/audit2allow
+++ b/policycoreutils/audit2allow/audit2allow
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ import sepolgen.module as module
 from sepolgen.sepolgeni18n import _
 import selinux.audit2why as audit2why
 import locale
-locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+try:
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+except:
+    pass
 
 
 class AuditToPolicy:
diff --git a/policycoreutils/audit2allow/audit2why b/policycoreutils/audit2allow/audit2why
index 3909b972..b1489eda 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/audit2allow/audit2why
+++ b/policycoreutils/audit2allow/audit2why
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ import sepolgen.module as module
 from sepolgen.sepolgeni18n import _
 import selinux.audit2why as audit2why
 import locale
-locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+try:
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+except:
+    pass
 
 
 class AuditToPolicy: