diff --git a/pkg/legacy/rpm.bzl b/pkg/legacy/rpm.bzl
index 74f1730e..671198cd 100644
--- a/pkg/legacy/rpm.bzl
+++ b/pkg/legacy/rpm.bzl
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ def _pkg_rpm_impl(ctx):
         inputs = files,
         outputs = [ctx.outputs.rpm],
         env = {
-            "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
-            "LC_CTYPE": "UTF-8",
+            "LANG": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8"),
+            "LC_CTYPE": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LC_CTYPE", "UTF-8"),
             "PYTHONIOENCODING": "UTF-8",
             "PYTHONUTF8": "1",
         },
diff --git a/pkg/private/deb/deb.bzl b/pkg/private/deb/deb.bzl
index 53bc2ebb..792a50ac 100644
--- a/pkg/private/deb/deb.bzl
+++ b/pkg/private/deb/deb.bzl
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ def _pkg_deb_impl(ctx):
         inputs = files,
         outputs = [output_file, changes_file],
         env = {
-            "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
-            "LC_CTYPE": "UTF-8",
+            "LANG": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8"),
+            "LC_CTYPE": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LC_CTYPE", "UTF-8"),
             "PYTHONIOENCODING": "UTF-8",
             "PYTHONUTF8": "1",
         },
diff --git a/pkg/private/tar/tar.bzl b/pkg/private/tar/tar.bzl
index 963cb5a1..79ce9e96 100644
--- a/pkg/private/tar/tar.bzl
+++ b/pkg/private/tar/tar.bzl
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ def _pkg_tar_impl(ctx):
         arguments = [args],
         outputs = [output_file],
         env = {
-            "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
-            "LC_CTYPE": "UTF-8",
+            "LANG": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8"),
+            "LC_CTYPE": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LC_CTYPE", "UTF-8"),
             "PYTHONIOENCODING": "UTF-8",
             "PYTHONUTF8": "1",
         },
diff --git a/pkg/private/zip/zip.bzl b/pkg/private/zip/zip.bzl
index 5531bc26..725e3880 100644
--- a/pkg/private/zip/zip.bzl
+++ b/pkg/private/zip/zip.bzl
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ def _pkg_zip_impl(ctx):
         arguments = [args],
         outputs = [output_file],
         env = {
-            "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
-            "LC_CTYPE": "UTF-8",
+            "LANG": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8"),
+            "LC_CTYPE": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LC_CTYPE", "UTF-8"),
             "PYTHONIOENCODING": "UTF-8",
             "PYTHONUTF8": "1",
         },
diff --git a/pkg/releasing/git.bzl b/pkg/releasing/git.bzl
index 787e75ba..34d63d05 100644
--- a/pkg/releasing/git.bzl
+++ b/pkg/releasing/git.bzl
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ def _git_changelog_impl(ctx):
         arguments = [args],
         outputs = [ctx.outputs.out],
         env = {
-            "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
-            "LC_CTYPE": "UTF-8",
+            "LANG": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8"),
+            "LC_CTYPE": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LC_CTYPE", "UTF-8"),
             "PYTHONIOENCODING": "UTF-8",
             "PYTHONUTF8": "1",
         },
diff --git a/pkg/rpm_pfg.bzl b/pkg/rpm_pfg.bzl
index 90fc800d..0122cb3c 100644
--- a/pkg/rpm_pfg.bzl
+++ b/pkg/rpm_pfg.bzl
@@ -675,8 +675,8 @@ def _pkg_rpm_impl(ctx):
         inputs = files,
         outputs = [output_file],
         env = {
-            "LANG": "en_US.UTF-8",
-            "LC_CTYPE": "UTF-8",
+            "LANG": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8"),
+            "LC_CTYPE": ctx.configuration.default_shell_env.get("LC_CTYPE", "UTF-8"),
             "PYTHONIOENCODING": "UTF-8",
             "PYTHONUTF8": "1",
         },
@@ -684,8 +684,8 @@ def _pkg_rpm_impl(ctx):
     )
 
     changes = []
-    if ctx.attr.changelog:
-        changes = [ctx.attr.changelog]
+    if ctx.file.changelog:
+        changes = [ctx.file.changelog]
 
     output_groups = {
         "out": [default_file],