diff --git a/baksmali/src/main/java/org/jf/baksmali/main.java b/baksmali/src/main/java/org/jf/baksmali/main.java
index 7d38d6a5..9652e7e6 100644
--- a/baksmali/src/main/java/org/jf/baksmali/main.java
+++ b/baksmali/src/main/java/org/jf/baksmali/main.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 public class main {
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ public class main {
      * Run!
      */
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Locale locale = new Locale("en", "US");
+        Locale.setDefault(locale);
+
         CommandLineParser parser = new PosixParser();
         CommandLine commandLine;
 
diff --git a/smali/src/main/java/org/jf/smali/main.java b/smali/src/main/java/org/jf/smali/main.java
index 0700c794..e38f8dea 100644
--- a/smali/src/main/java/org/jf/smali/main.java
+++ b/smali/src/main/java/org/jf/smali/main.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.jf.util.SmaliHelpFormatter;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ public class main {
      * Run!
      */
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Locale locale = new Locale("en", "US");
+        Locale.setDefault(locale);
+
         CommandLineParser parser = new PosixParser();
         CommandLine commandLine;