diff --git a/srcpkgs/grep/template b/srcpkgs/grep/template
index 542e6dd1e88..48ec7ac8c8b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grep/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grep/template
@@ -16,3 +16,10 @@ pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }
 
+pre_check() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		*-musl)
+			# Disable locale tests that fail on musl
+			sed -i '/test-localename$(EXEEXT)/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile
+	esac
+}