diff --git a/tests/Framework/ImapTest.php b/tests/Framework/ImapTest.php
index cd539302f24..0471e9f3cc0 100644
--- a/tests/Framework/ImapTest.php
+++ b/tests/Framework/ImapTest.php
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ public function test_convert_criteria()
      */
     public function test_sort_folder_list()
     {
+        // The sorting requires this locale.
+        if (setlocale(\LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF-8', 'en_US') === false) {
+            throw new \Error('This test requires `en_US.UTF-8` or `en_US` to be settable as locale, but those appear to not be present in your environment!');
+        }
+
         $_SESSION['imap_delimiter'] = '.';
         $_SESSION['imap_namespace'] = [
             'personal' => null,