diff --git a/src/examples/edje/edje-textblock-hyphenation.c b/src/examples/edje/edje-textblock-hyphenation.c
index b16ee81761..8b8b1866b8 100644
--- a/src/examples/edje/edje-textblock-hyphenation.c
+++ b/src/examples/edje/edje-textblock-hyphenation.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ main(int argc EINA_UNUSED, char *argv[] EINA_UNUSED)
    evas_object_show(bg);
    ecore_evas_data_set(ee, "background", bg);
 
-   setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "en_US.UTF-8");
+   setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.UTF-8");
 
    edje_obj = edje_object_add(evas);