KERNELDOCXMLREF = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc-xml-ref
KERNELDOC = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc
DOCPROC = $(objtree)/scripts/docproc
+CHECK_LC_CTYPE = $(objtree)/scripts/check-lc_ctype
+
+# Use a fixed encoding - UTF-8 if the C library has support built-in
+# or ASCII if not
+LC_CTYPE := $(call try-run, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 $(CHECK_LC_CTYPE),C.UTF-8,C)
+export LC_CTYPE
XMLTOFLAGS = -m $(srctree)/$(src)/stylesheet.xsl
XMLTOFLAGS += --skip-validation