diff --git a/cmake/packaging/linux_wrapper.sh b/cmake/packaging/linux_wrapper.sh
index b3aee1cb4f..a679030188 100755
--- a/cmake/packaging/linux_wrapper.sh
+++ b/cmake/packaging/linux_wrapper.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # wrapper for bundled executables
 
+# reset locale to avoid problems with decimal numbers
+export LC_ALL=C
+
 BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
 EXENAME=$(basename "$0")