1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/maint/thanks b/maint/thanks
index 7e87d6a96..c34d4f615 100755
--- a/maint/thanks
+++ b/maint/thanks
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# maint/exclude_contributors.txt is currently sorted in a locale-specific way
+# we should probably change this to sort by code unit (LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8)
+export LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
+
 if [ -z "${1-}" ]; then
 	echo "Usage: $0 [revision]"
 	echo "Script will print thanks for all contributors since [revision]."