diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 35b0b1e50e9..e2a31c8fdb2 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
             expr = r'(\S+)\s+\((%s(?:, OS ABI:[^\)]*)?)\)[^/]*(/[^\(\)\s]*lib%s\.[^\(\)\s]*)' \
                    % (abi_type, re.escape(name))
             res = re.search(expr,
-                            os.popen('/sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null').read())
+                            os.popen('LANG=C /sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null').read())
             if not res:
                 return None
             return res.group(1)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e5144569c79..b0c59011b03 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7356: ctypes.util: Make parsing of ldconfig output independent of
+  the locale.
+
 
 What's New in Python 2.6.5?
 ===========================