diff --git a/units/getty@.service.m4 b/units/getty@.service.m4
index 0b3160e4db..74ec1f30d5 100644
--- a/units/getty@.service.m4
+++ b/units/getty@.service.m4
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ RestartSec=0
 UtmpIdentifier=%I
 KillMode=process-group
 
+# Unset locale for the console getty since the console has problems
+# displaying some internationalized messages.
+Environment=LANG= LC_CTYPE= LC_NUMERIC= LC_TIME= LC_COLLATE= LC_MONETARY= LC_MESSAGE= LC_PAPER= LC_NAME= LC_ADDRESS= LC_TELEPHONE= LC_MEASUREMENT= LC_IDENTIFICATION=
+
 # Some login implementations ignore SIGTERM, so we send SIGHUP
 # instead, to ensure that login terminates cleanly.
 KillSignal=SIGHUP