diff --git a/openpower/configs/habanero_defconfig b/openpower/configs/habanero_defconfig
index 5c8169a..1773cd9 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/habanero_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/habanero_defconfig
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 
 # petitboot requirements
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE=y
-BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US"
-BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
+BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C de en es fr it ja ko pt_BR ru zh_CN zh_TW"
+BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8 de_DE.UTF-8 es_ES.UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8 it_IT.UTF-8 ja_JP.UTF-8 ko_KR.UTF-8 pt_BR.UTF-8 ru_RU.UTF-8 zh_CN.UTF-8 zh_TW.UTF-8"
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="hvc0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="../openpower/overlay"