diff --git a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
index fbf28cbbd..adc2b2611 100644
--- a/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/systemd/PKGBUILD
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _tag='255.6'
 # ➜ vercmp 255rc1 255
 # -1
 pkgver="${_tag/~/}"
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=1.1
 arch=('x86_64')
 license=('LGPL-2.1-or-later')
 url='https://www.github.com/systemd/systemd'
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ build() {
     -Ddefault-dnssec=no
     -Ddefault-hierarchy=unified
     -Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false
-    -Ddefault-locale=C
+    -Ddefault-locale='C.UTF-8'
     -Dlocalegen-path=/usr/bin/locale-gen
     -Ddns-over-tls=openssl
     -Dfallback-hostname='archlinux'