diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6253b9fa409..d7323181246 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2813,7 +2813,7 @@ let
 
   glibc28 = import ../development/libraries/glibc-2.8 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv kernelHeaders;
-    installLocales = getPkgConfig "glibc" "locales" false;
+    installLocales = getPkgConfig "glibc" "locales" true;
   };
 
   glibc_multi =