diff --git a/imapsync b/imapsync
index d30f181..4007904 100755
--- a/imapsync
+++ b/imapsync
@@ -16080,7 +16080,7 @@ sub loadavg_freebsd
 
 	if ( ! defined $file ) {
 		eval {
-			$loadavg = `/sbin/sysctl vm.loadavg` ;
+			$loadavg = `LC_ALL=C /sbin/sysctl vm.loadavg` ;
 			#myprint( "LOADAVG FREEBSD: $loadavg\n" ) ;
 		} ;
 		if ( $EVAL_ERROR ) { myprint( "[$EVAL_ERROR]\n" ) ; return ; }