diff --git a/rubygem-gherkin.spec b/rubygem-gherkin.spec
index cb2e780..a02d0a7 100644
--- a/rubygem-gherkin.spec
+++ b/rubygem-gherkin.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 %global gem_name gherkin
 
 # %%check section needs cucumber, however cucumber depends on gherkin.
-%{!?need_bootstrap:	%global	need_bootstrap	1}
+%{!?need_bootstrap:	%global	need_bootstrap	0}
 
 Summary: Fast Gherkin lexer/parser
 Name: rubygem-%{gem_name}
 Version: 2.11.6
-Release: 1.1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Group: Development/Languages
 License: MIT
 URL: http://github.com/cucumber/gherkin
@@ -88,11 +88,14 @@ sed -i '7,8d' features/support/env.rb
 sed -i '7,8d' spec/spec_helper.rb
 # link the cucumber here for two features
 ln -s %{gem_dir}/gems/cucumber-`cucumber --version`/ ../cucumber
+# There is some encoding error runnign test suite with Ruby 2.0 in both,
+# Cucumber and RSpec test suites:
+# https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/issues/232
 # run cucumber features - 16 failed because they test fallback ruby lexers
 # but these are not installed by default (even if using normal gem install)
-cucumber | grep '16 failed'
+LANG=en_US.utf8 cucumber | grep '16 failed'
 # run specs, 93 fail because of the reason mentioned above
-rspec spec | grep '280 examples, 93 failures'
+LANG=en_US.utf8 rspec spec | grep '280 examples, 93 failures'
 popd
 %endif