diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 809380e..291c2fb 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 - Added more precision to the values in 'gensens.pm.
 - Added string encoding to avoid the message 'Wide character in print at
   ./monitorix.cgi line ...'. [#186]
+- Added to force a standard locale in 'port.pm'. in order to be able for
+  Monitorix to read the output of system commands (netstat, ...). [#186]
 - Fixed an undeclared global symbol "$imgfmt_lc" in 'traffacct.pm'.
 - Fixed the MIME type of graphs in 'emailreports.pm' and in 'traffacct.pm' to
   honor the 'image_format' option. [#174]
diff --git a/lib/port.pm b/lib/port.pm
index 91d787b..73e7578 100644
--- a/lib/port.pm
+++ b/lib/port.pm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use Exporter 'import';
 our @EXPORT = qw(port_init port_update port_cgi);
 
 # Force a standard locale
+$ENV{LANG} = "";
 setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
 
 sub port_init {