diff --git a/install/alternc.install b/install/alternc.install
index 902cd760..0eb8c6b4 100644
--- a/install/alternc.install
+++ b/install/alternc.install
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ if [ -e /etc/proftpd.conf ] ; then
     chmod 640 /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
 fi
 
-if [ -e /etc/locale.gen ] ; then
+if [ -x /usr/sbin/locale-gen ] ; then
+    touch /etc/locale.gen
     LOCALECHANGED=""
     # Add de_DE ISO-8859-1, en_US ISO-8859-1, es_ES ISO-8859-1, fr_FR ISO-8859-1 to the locales : 
     if ! grep -q "^de_DE ISO-8859-1$" /etc/locale.gen ; then