diff --git a/BARRACUDA.sh.txt b/BARRACUDA.sh.txt
index 8a39bd84e27a6e2b1879d6c2daad47d87811cc34..6e3d727c1c5d7a1a569555576ccf85b5a7a108a7 100755
--- a/BARRACUDA.sh.txt
+++ b/BARRACUDA.sh.txt
@@ -5034,6 +5034,9 @@ if [ "$_STATUS" = "INIT" ] ; then
 fi
 install_with_aptitude_deps
 fix_locales
+if [ "$_LOCALE_TEST" = "BROKEN" ] ; then
+  _STRONG_PASSWORDS=NO
+fi
 if [ ! -e "/etc/aliases" ] ; then
   echo "postmaster:    root" > /etc/aliases
   newaliases &> /dev/null