--- freetype-config
+++ freetype-config
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 while test $# -gt 0 ; do
   case "$1" in
   -*=*)
-    optarg=`echo "$1" | sed 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'`
+    optarg=`echo "$1" | LC_ALL=C sed 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'`
     ;;
   *)
     optarg=
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@
 if test "$echo_ft_version" = "yes" ; then
   major=`grep define ${SYSROOT}$includedir/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h \
          | grep FREETYPE_MAJOR \
-         | sed 's/.*[ 	]\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
+         | LC_ALL=C sed 's/.*[ 	]\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
   minor=`grep define ${SYSROOT}$includedir/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h \
          | grep FREETYPE_MINOR \
-         | sed 's/.*[ 	]\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
+         | LC_ALL=C sed 's/.*[ 	]\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
   patch=`grep define ${SYSROOT}$includedir/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h \
          | grep FREETYPE_PATCH \
-         | sed 's/.*[ 	]\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
+         | LC_ALL=C sed 's/.*[ 	]\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
   echo $major.$minor.$patch
 fi