diff --git a/engine/report/report_html_sim.cpp b/engine/report/report_html_sim.cpp
index b1c0bd7520d..b346fff7a1d 100644
--- a/engine/report/report_html_sim.cpp
+++ b/engine/report/report_html_sim.cpp
@@ -1164,20 +1164,37 @@ void print_profilesets( std::ostream& out, const profileset::profilesets_t& prof
   out << "</div>";
 }
 
-/* Main function building the html document and calling subfunctions
- */
-void print_html_( report::sc_html_stream& os, sim_t& sim )
+void set_global_locale()
 {
   // Set global locale to en-US for consistent number formatting
-  try
+  for ( const auto& name :
   {
-    std::locale::global( std::locale( "en_US.UTF-8" ) );
-  }
-  catch ( const std::runtime_error& )
+    "en_US.UTF-8",
+    "en_US.utf8",
+    "English_United States.65001",
+    "en_US",
+    "en-US",
+    "English_United States.1252",
+    "C"
+  } )
   {
-    // backup spelling for CI
-    std::locale::global( std::locale( "en_US.utf8" ) );
+    try
+    {
+      std::locale::global( std::locale( name ) );
+      return;
+    }
+    catch ( const std::runtime_error& )
+    { }
   }
+  std::locale::global( std::locale::classic() );
+}
+
+/* Main function building the html document and calling subfunctions
+ */
+void print_html_( report::sc_html_stream& os, sim_t& sim )
+{
+  // Set global locale formatting
+  set_global_locale();
 
   // Set floating point formatting
   os.precision( sim.report_precision );