diff --git a/firstboot/firstboot-qubes-text b/firstboot/firstboot-qubes-text
index a937c19..c885542 100644
--- a/firstboot/firstboot-qubes-text
+++ b/firstboot/firstboot-qubes-text
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ if [ "$vms_service" == "yes" ]; then
     for template in `ls /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates`; do
         /bin/mount -oloop "/var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/$template/root.img" /mnt/template-root
         cp /etc/localtime /mnt/template-root/etc
+        cp /etc/locale.conf /mnt/template-root/etc
         cp /etc/ntp.conf /mnt/template-root/etc
         umount /mnt/template-root
     done
diff --git a/firstboot/modules/qubes_setup.py b/firstboot/modules/qubes_setup.py
index f9fe803..2c950bb 100644
--- a/firstboot/modules/qubes_setup.py
+++ b/firstboot/modules/qubes_setup.py
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ class moduleClass(Module):
                 '/mnt/template-root'])
             # Copy timezone setting from Dom0 to template
             subprocess.check_call(['cp', '/etc/localtime', '/mnt/template-root/etc'])
+            subprocess.check_call(['cp', '/etc/locale.conf', '/mnt/template-root/etc'])
             subprocess.check_call(['cp', '/etc/ntp.conf', '/mnt/template-root/etc'])
             subprocess.check_call(['/bin/umount', '/mnt/template-root'])
             subprocess.check_call(['/bin/rmdir', '/mnt/template-root'])