diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/QtHost.cpp b/pcsx2-qt/QtHost.cpp
index d0d758f6c5..c1f5ae4074 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/QtHost.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/QtHost.cpp
@@ -2331,6 +2331,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
 	CrashHandler::Install();
 
+	std::locale::global(std::locale(""));
+
 	QGuiApplication::setHighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy(Qt::HighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy::PassThrough);
 	QtHost::RegisterTypes();