diff --git a/arcanist/linter/ShellLocaleLinter.php b/arcanist/linter/ShellLocaleLinter.php
index c8170c2f31..458250ab74 100644
--- a/arcanist/linter/ShellLocaleLinter.php
+++ b/arcanist/linter/ShellLocaleLinter.php
@@ -1,56 +1,59 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
- * Enforce using `export LC_ALL=C` in shell scripts.
+ * Enforce using `export LC_ALL=C` or `export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8` in shell scripts.
  */
 final class ShellLocaleLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
 
   const INVALID_LOCALE = 1;
-  const LOCALE_STATEMENT = 'export LC_ALL=C';
+  const LOCALE_STATEMENTS = array('export LC_ALL=C', 'export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8');
 
   public function getInfoName() {
     return 'lint-shell-locale';
   }
 
   public function getInfoDescription() {
-    return pht('Enforce using `'.self::LOCALE_STATEMENT.'` in shell scripts.');
+    return pht('Enforce using `'.join('` or `', self::LOCALE_STATEMENTS).
+               '` in shell scripts.');
   }
 
   public function getLinterName() {
     return 'SHELL_LOCALE';
   }
 
   public function getLinterConfigurationName() {
     return 'lint-shell-locale';
   }
 
   public function getLintSeverityMap() {
     return array(
         self::INVALID_LOCALE => ArcanistLintSeverity::SEVERITY_ERROR,
     );
   }
 
   public function getLintNameMap() {
     return array(
-        self::INVALID_LOCALE => pht('`'.self::LOCALE_STATEMENT.'` should be '.
-                                    'the first statement.'),
+        self::INVALID_LOCALE => pht(
+          '`'.join('` or `', self::LOCALE_STATEMENTS).'` should be '.
+          'the first statement.'),
     );
   }
 
   public function lintPath($path) {
     $absPath = Filesystem::resolvePath($path, $this->getProjectRoot());
     $fileContent = Filesystem::readFile($absPath);
 
     if (!preg_match_all('/^[^#\s]+.+/m', $fileContent, $matches)) {
       throw new Exception(pht('Error while parsing %s: the script seems to '.
                               'have only comments and/or empty lines.', $path));
     }
 
-    if (!(trim($matches[0][0]) === self::LOCALE_STATEMENT)) {
+    if (array_search(trim($matches[0][0]),
+        self::LOCALE_STATEMENTS, true) === false) {
       return $this->raiseLintAtPath(
         self::INVALID_LOCALE,
         pht('Shell scripts should set the locale to avoid side effects.')
       );
     }
   }
 }