diff --git a/pgpverify b/pgpverify
index 1aec028..e0398f5 100755
--- a/pgpverify
+++ b/pgpverify
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/perl -w
 # written April 1996, tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
-# Version 1.1
+# Version 1.1.1
 
 $pgp = '/usr/local/bin/pgp';
 $tmp = "/tmp/pgp$$";
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ close(TMP) || warn "$0: close > $tmp: $!\n";
 &fail("$0: write error for message to check\n")
   if -s $tmp != length($message);
 
+$ENV{'LANGUAGE'} = 'en';        # force English for pgp messages
 $ok = 2;                        # unknown signature result is default
 open(PGP,"$pgp -f < $tmp 2>&1 >/dev/null |") ||
   &fail("$0: failed to execute pgp: $!\n");