diff --git a/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py b/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py
index 1095e7303c188f6..2e9cef99dd355c7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_peg_generator/test_c_parser.py
@@ -100,10 +100,16 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
 
         with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
             python_exe = stack.enter_context(support.setup_venv_with_pip_setuptools("venv"))
-            sitepackages = subprocess.check_output(
-                [python_exe, "-c", "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('platlib'))"],
-                text=True,
-            ).strip()
+
+            def get_sysconfig_path(name):
+                # Force UTF-8 to emit the non-ASCII venv path in any locale.
+                return subprocess.check_output(
+                    [python_exe, "-X", "utf8", "-c",
+                     f"import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path({name!r}))"],
+                    encoding="utf-8",
+                ).strip()
+
+            sitepackages = get_sysconfig_path("platlib")
             stack.enter_context(import_helper.DirsOnSysPath(sitepackages))
             cls.addClassCleanup(stack.pop_all().close)