--- a/scripts/w3mman/w3mman.in
+++ b/scripts/w3mman/w3mman.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!@PERL@
 
 @W3M = split(' ', '@W3M@');
-$ENV{'MAN'} = '@MAN@';
+$ENV{'MAN'} = 'env LC_MESSAGES=${LC_MESSAGES:-${LC_ALL:-${LANG}}} LANG=C @MAN@';
 $SCRIPT = 'file:///$LIB/w3mman2html.cgi';
 
 sub usage {
--- a/scripts/w3mman/w3mman2html.cgi.in
+++ b/scripts/w3mman/w3mman2html.cgi.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!@PERL@
 
-$MAN = $ENV{'MAN'} || '@MAN@';
+$MAN = $ENV{'MAN'} || 'env LC_MESSAGES=${LC_MESSAGES:-${LC_ALL:-${LANG}}} LANG=C @MAN@';
 $QUERY = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'} || $ARGV[0];
 $SCRIPT_NAME = $ENV{'SCRIPT_NAME'} || $0;
 $CGI = "file://$SCRIPT_NAME";