diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
index 16fc88d985593b9c9caea8935af822281d321ffc..21a9e5ee96bde1cd2d433e9b602cc3afd2fe2472 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ set(DOOCS_LINK_FLAGS "${DOOCS_LINKER_FLAGS}")
 
 # extract DOOCS version from librar so symlink. Note: This is platform dependent and only works
 # if DOOCS was installed from the Debian pagackes. Find a better version detection scheme!
-execute_process(COMMAND bash -c "readelf -d ${DOOCS_DIR}/libDOOCSapi.so | grep SONAME | sed -e 's/^.*Library soname: \\[libDOOCSapi\\.so\\.//' -e 's/\\]$//'"
+execute_process(COMMAND bash -c "env LANG=C readelf -d ${DOOCS_DIR}/libDOOCSapi.so | grep SONAME | sed -e 's/^.*Library soname: \\[libDOOCSapi\\.so\\.//' -e 's/\\]$//'"
                 OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE OUTPUT_VARIABLE DOOCS_VERSION)
 
 # use a macro provided by CMake to check if all the listed arguments are valid and set DOOCS_FOUND accordingly