diff --git a/etc/pacman.d/hooks/40-locale-gen.hook b/etc/pacman.d/hooks/40-locale-gen.hook
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+[Trigger]
+Operation = Install
+Type = Package
+Target = glibc
+
+[Action]
+Description = Uncommenting en_US.UTF-8 locale and running locale-gen...
+When = PostTransaction
+Depends = glibc
+Depends = sed
+Depends = sh
+Exec = /bin/sh -c "sed -i 's/#\(en_US\.UTF-8\)/\1/' /etc/locale.gen && locale-gen"
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