diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 20de9e108..1501eae68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o [Zenmap] Fixed a crash when using the en_NG locale: "ValueError:
+  unknown locale: en_NG" [David Fifield]
+
 o [NSE] Added http-get by Alex Weber. This script looks for a .git
   repository directory accesible over HTTP and extracts useful
   information from it.
diff --git a/zenmap/zenmapCore/I18N.py b/zenmap/zenmapCore/I18N.py
index 62b982fdf..f4391fa3a 100644
--- a/zenmap/zenmapCore/I18N.py
+++ b/zenmap/zenmapCore/I18N.py
@@ -106,9 +106,15 @@ def get_locales():
         if val:
             locales = val.split(":")
             break
-    loc, enc = locale.getdefaultlocale()
-    if loc is not None:
-        locales.append(loc)
+    try:
+        loc, enc = locale.getdefaultlocale()
+        if loc is not None:
+            locales.append(loc)
+    except ValueError:
+        # locale.getdefaultlocale can fail with ValueError on certain locale
+        # names; it has been seen with at least en_NG.
+        # http://bugs.python.org/issue6895
+        pass
     return locales
 
 def install_gettext(locale_dir):