diff --git a/Dockerfile-dev b/Dockerfile-dev
index d90a505e9e..a7e7fdc63a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-dev
+++ b/Dockerfile-dev
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN useradd -d /home/zulip -m zulip && echo 'zulip ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /e
 USER zulip
 
 RUN ln -nsf /srv/zulip ~/zulip
-
+RUN echo 'export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_US.UTF-8"' >> ~zulip/.bashrc
 RUN echo 'export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_US.UTF-8"' >> ~zulip/.bash_profile
 
 WORKDIR /srv/zulip