diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/httpstat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/httpstat/default.nix
index 49f71f44805..642c4a9fbca 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/httpstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/httpstat/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, curl, python, pythonPackages, ... }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, curl, pythonPackages, glibcLocales }:
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     name = "${pname}-${version}";
     pname = "httpstat";
     version = "1.2.0";
@@ -10,17 +10,11 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
       rev = "${version}";
       sha256 = "1zfbv3fz3g3wwvsgrcyrk2cp7pjhkpf7lmx57ry9b43c62gcd7yh";
     };
-    doCheck = false;
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+    doCheck = false; # No tests
+    buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
     runtimeDeps = [ curl ];
 
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/${python.sitePackages}/
-      cp httpstat.py $out/${python.sitePackages}/
-      mkdir -p $out/bin
-      ln -s $out/${python.sitePackages}/httpstat.py $out/bin/httpstat
-      chmod +x $out/bin/httpstat
-    '';
+    LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
     meta = {
       description = "curl statistics made simple";