diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 8f6e3384db1..adde30798ca 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
         def _findLib_ldconfig(name):
             # XXX assuming GLIBC's ldconfig (with option -p)
             expr = r'/[^\(\)\s]*lib%s\.[^\(\)\s]*' % re.escape(name)
-            f = os.popen('/sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null')
+            f = os.popen('LANG=C /sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null')
             try:
                 data = f.read()
             finally:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7c357a1f1b8..20959bbce1d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7356: ctypes.util: Make parsing of ldconfig output independent of
+  the locale.
+
 - Issue #7774: Set sys.executable to an empty string if ``argv[0]`` has been
   set to an non existent program name and Python is unable to retrieve the real
   program name.