diff --git a/manifest.scm b/manifest.scm
index 8ad3ccf..0f5f381 100644
--- a/manifest.scm
+++ b/manifest.scm
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
-(specifications->manifest
+(define minimum-glibc-locales
+  (make-glibc-utf8-locales
+   glibc
+   #:locales (list "en_US" "en_CA")
+   #:name "glibc-english-canadian-and-us-utf8-locales"))
+
+(concatenate-manifests
  (list
-  "bash"
-  "coreutils"
-  "gawk"
-  "git"
-  "grep"
-  "guix"
-  "node"
-  "nss-certs"
-  "openssh"
-  "sed"))
+  (packages->manifest
+   (list minimum-glibc-locales))
+  (specifications->manifest
+   (list
+    "bash"
+    "coreutils"
+    "gawk"
+    "git"
+    "grep"
+    "guix"
+    "node"
+    "nss-certs"
+    "openssh"
+    "sed"))))