diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var-utf8-length.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var-utf8-length.tests
index d04b2cb..b6e87f1 100755
--- a/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var-utf8-length.tests
+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var-utf8-length.tests
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 X=abcdÉfghÍjklmnÓpqrstÚvwcyz
 echo ${#X}
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/var-utf8-length.right b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/var-utf8-length.right
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f4247a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/var-utf8-length.right
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+26
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/var-utf8-length.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/var-utf8-length.tests
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b6e87f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/var-utf8-length.tests
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+X=abcdÉfghÍjklmnÓpqrstÚvwcyz
+echo ${#X}