diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index e60181b..46e26a5 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ prompt_precmd() {
 #precmd_functions+=prompt_precmd
 PROMPT="%m%# "
 
-export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
+if [ `uname -s` = "SunOS" ] ; then
+    export LANG="C"
+else
+    export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
+fi
 #export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
 export LC_COLLATE="C" #order files in ls
 #export LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"