diff --git a/roles/debian-base/handlers/main.yml b/roles/debian-base/handlers/main.yml
index 76239c2..8071c56 100644
--- a/roles/debian-base/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian-base/handlers/main.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@
   service:
     name: nagios-nrpe-server
     state: restarted
+- name: Generate locales
+  command: /usr/sbin/locale-gen
+- name: Reconfigure tzdata
+  command: dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
diff --git a/roles/debian-base/tasks/locale.yml b/roles/debian-base/tasks/locale.yml
index faf125b..3ee9e6d 100644
--- a/roles/debian-base/tasks/locale.yml
+++ b/roles/debian-base/tasks/locale.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-- name: Set to generate locales
+- name: Configure debconf for locales
   debconf:
     name: locales
-    question: locales/locales_to_be_generated
-    value: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
-    vtype: multiselect
+    question: "{{ item.question }}"
+    value: "{{ item.value }}"
+    vtype: "{{ item.vtype }}"
+  loop:
+    - { question: "locales/locales_to_be_generated", value: "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8", vtype: "multiselect" }
+    - { question: "locales/default_environment_locales", value: "en_US.UTF-8", vtype: "string" }
+  notify: Generate locales
diff --git a/roles/debian-base/tasks/tzdata.yml b/roles/debian-base/tasks/tzdata.yml
index 9560354..8683519 100644
--- a/roles/debian-base/tasks/tzdata.yml
+++ b/roles/debian-base/tasks/tzdata.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
     - { question: "tzdata/Areas", value: "Europe" }
     - { question: "tzdata/Zones/Europe", value: "Madrid" }
     - { question: "tzdata/Zones/Etc", value: "UTC" }
+  notify: Reconfigure tzdata