diff --git a/Manual.org b/Manual.org
index 30cd0ab..116199d 100644
--- a/Manual.org
+++ b/Manual.org
@@ -2345,9 +2345,10 @@ EndSection
 {% endif %}
 #+END_SRC
 **** vdr
-Set environment variables for user session on startup
+Set environment variables for system locale and user session on startup
 #+BEGIN_SRC conf :tangle roles/yavdr-xorg/templates/systemd/vdr-environ.j2
 [Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/locale
 Environment=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/{{ vdr.uid }}/
 EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/vdr/.session-env
 #+END_SRC
diff --git a/roles/yavdr-xorg/templates/systemd/vdr-environ.j2 b/roles/yavdr-xorg/templates/systemd/vdr-environ.j2
index 9fc17e8..aae79e2 100644
--- a/roles/yavdr-xorg/templates/systemd/vdr-environ.j2
+++ b/roles/yavdr-xorg/templates/systemd/vdr-environ.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/locale
 Environment=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/{{ vdr.uid }}/
 EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/vdr/.session-env