diff --git a/devel/py-wheel/Makefile b/devel/py-wheel/Makefile
index 63cb68486d24..ffee000b6db7 100644
--- a/devel/py-wheel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-wheel/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	wheel
 PORTVERSION=	0.38.4
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	nivit@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Built-package format for Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/pypa/wheel
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
+# see https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=268500
+EXTRACT_CMD=	${SETENV} LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/bsdtar
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PIP SIGNATURE
 
 PIP_DESC=	Use pip to install wheels
 SIGNATURE_DESC=	Enable digital signature of wheels
 
 PIP_RUN_DEPENDS=	pip-${PYTHON_VER}:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR}
 SIGNATURE_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dirspec>=13.05:devel/py-dirspec@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ed25519ll>=0.6_1:security/py-ed25519ll@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}keyring>=1.3:security/py-keyring@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}xdg>=0.25:devel/py-xdg@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>