diff --git a/mpv.py b/mpv.py
index 6448207..aae2717 100644
--- a/mpv.py
+++ b/mpv.py
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ if os.name == 'nt':
     backend = CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('mpv-1.dll'))
     fs_enc = 'utf-8'
 else:
+    import locale
+    lc, enc = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC)
+    # libmpv requires LC_NUMERIC to be set to "C". Since messing with global variables everyone else relies upon is
+    # still better than segfaulting, we are setting LC_NUMERIC to "C".
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, 'C')
+
     backend = CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('mpv'))
     fs_enc = sys.getfilesystemencoding()