diff --git a/test/lint/lint-shell-locale.sh b/test/lint/lint-shell-locale.sh
index 084dc93f7..cbb15d499 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-shell-locale.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-shell-locale.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ for SHELL_SCRIPT in $(git ls-files -- "*.sh" | grep -vE "src/(secp256k1|univalue
         continue
     fi
     FIRST_NON_COMMENT_LINE=$(grep -vE '^(#.*)?$' "${SHELL_SCRIPT}" | head -1)
-    if [[ ${FIRST_NON_COMMENT_LINE} != "export LC_ALL=C" && ${FIRST_NON_COMMENT_LINE} != "export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8" ]]; then
+    if [[ ${FIRST_NON_COMMENT_LINE} != "export LC_ALL=C" && ${FIRST_NON_COMMENT_LINE} != "export LC_ALL=\"C\"" && ${FIRST_NON_COMMENT_LINE} != "export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8" ]]; then
         echo "Missing \"export LC_ALL=C\" (to avoid locale dependence) as first non-comment non-empty line in ${SHELL_SCRIPT}"
         EXIT_CODE=1
     fi