diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/lib.sh b/contrib/cirrus/lib.sh
index 3e88fed73b..70bfb74309 100644
--- a/contrib/cirrus/lib.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/lib.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ EPOCH_TEST_COMMIT="$CIRRUS_BASE_SHA"
 PASSTHROUGH_ENV_EXACT='CGROUP_MANAGER|DEST_BRANCH|DISTRO_NV|GOCACHE|GOPATH|GOSRC|NETWORK_BACKEND|OCI_RUNTIME|ROOTLESS_USER|SCRIPT_BASE|SKIP_USERNS|EC2_INST_TYPE|PODMAN_DB'
 
 # List of envariable patterns which must match AT THE BEGINNING of the name.
-PASSTHROUGH_ENV_ATSTART='CI|TEST'
+PASSTHROUGH_ENV_ATSTART='CI|LANG|LC_|TEST'
 
 # List of envariable patterns which can match ANYWHERE in the name
 PASSTHROUGH_ENV_ANYWHERE='_NAME|_FQIN'
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
index 32877c5ad2..10842a011b 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
@@ -1311,6 +1311,9 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) configureConmonEnv(runtimeDir string) []string {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(e, "LC_") {
 			env = append(env, e)
 		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(e, "LANG=") {
+			env = append(env, e)
+		}
 	}
 	if path, ok := os.LookupEnv("PATH"); ok {
 		env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("PATH=%s", path))
diff --git a/test/e2e/logs_test.go b/test/e2e/logs_test.go
index c14750d2b9..88dbe125d6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/logs_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/logs_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package integration
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
@@ -548,6 +549,19 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman logs", func() {
 		Expect(logs.ErrorToString()).To(ContainSubstring("this container is using the 'none' log driver, cannot read logs: this container is not logging output"))
 	})
 
+	It("podman logs with non ASCII log tag fails without env", func() {
+		// Env won't be passed to the podman command by default, so it will be empty
+		logc := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--log-opt", "tag=\"äöüß\"", ALPINE, "echo", "podman"})
+		logc.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(logc).To(Not(Exit(0)))
+	})
+
+	It("podman logs with non ASCII log tag succeeds with env", func() {
+		env := append(os.Environ(), "LANG=en_US.UTF-8", "LC_ALL=")
+		logc := podmanTest.PodmanAsUser([]string{"run", "--log-opt", "tag=äöüß", ALPINE, "echo", "podman"}, 0, 0, "", env)
+		logc.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(logc).To(Exit(0))
+	})
 	It("podman pod logs with container names", func() {
 		SkipIfRemote("Remote can only process one container at a time")
 		podName := "testPod"
@@ -597,5 +611,4 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman logs", func() {
 		Expect(output[0]).To(MatchRegexp(`\x1b\[3[0-9a-z ]+\x1b\[0m`))
 		Expect(output[1]).To(MatchRegexp(`\x1b\[3[0-9a-z ]+\x1b\[0m`))
 	})
-
 })