diff --git a/.config/locale.conf b/.config/locale.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b759de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/locale.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+export LANG=en_US.utf8
+export LC_TIME=tk_TM.utf8
diff --git a/.config/zsh/.zprofile b/.config/zsh/.zprofile
index bf19a01..dec3054 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/.zprofile
+++ b/.config/zsh/.zprofile
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ if [[ ! "$PATH" =~ "$HOME/\.local/bin" ]]; then
 	export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin${PATH:+:$PATH}"
 fi
 
+# Locale settings as $LANG
+[[ ! -e "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/locale.conf" ]] || . "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/locale.conf"
+
 if (( $+commands[nvim] )); then
 	export EDITOR=nvim
 elif (( $+commands[vim] )); then