diff --git a/postgresql/tests/test.yml b/postgresql/tests/test.yml
index 12f2216a..1c683d62 100644
--- a/postgresql/tests/test.yml
+++ b/postgresql/tests/test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 ---
 - hosts: test-kitchen
+
+  pre_tasks:
+  - name: Setting default locales
+    lineinfile:
+      dest: /etc/locale.gen
+      line: "{{ item }}"
+      create: yes
+      state: present
+    with_items:
+      - "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"
+      - "fr_FR ISO-8859-1"
+      - "fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8"
+
+  - name: Reconfigure locales
+    command: /usr/sbin/locale-gen
+
   roles:
     - role: postgresql