diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index c218c614504367da1f98dd93e136b16c913c1da0..20d211e8dfdb1985e03a1bc3c636519df959a2b8 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,10 @@
     dest: "{{ '{}/locale.gen'.format(system_config_directory) }}"
     mode: 0644 
 
+- name: activate '{{ locale }}'
+  locale_gen:
+    name: '{{ locale }}'
+    state: present
+
 - name: generate the locale
   command: locale-gen