diff --git a/dlls/shell32/Makefile.in b/dlls/shell32/Makefile.in
index c8471d3535933c8da7518f9c42c8e4b27352eb4a..648c070a5faf139df82c10ec2f5a45fe1bdac266 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/shell32/Makefile.in
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ shell.spec.c: shell.spec version16.res
 	$(WINEBUILD) $(DEFS) $(DLLFLAGS) -o $@ --main-module $(MODULE) --res version16.res --dll $(SRCDIR)/shell.spec
 
 authors.c: $(TOPSRCDIR)/AUTHORS
-	(LC_ALL=C; echo 'const char * const SHELL_Authors[] = {' && \
+	(LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; echo 'const char * const SHELL_Authors[] = {' && \
 	 sed -e '1,2d' -e 's/\(.*\)/  \"\1\",/' $(TOPSRCDIR)/AUTHORS && \
 	 echo '  0 };') >$@ || ($(RM) $@ && false)