diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1175-zypper-absent-lang.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1175-zypper-absent-lang.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05d0a3d947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1175-zypper-absent-lang.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- zypper - force ``LANG=C`` to as zypper is looking in XML output where attribute could be translated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1175).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/zypper.py b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/zypper.py
index 5997cfa4e2..f6c623ef35 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/zypper.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/zypper.py
@@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ def main():
         supports_check_mode=True
     )
 
+    module.run_command_environ_update = dict(LANG='C', LC_ALL='C', LC_MESSAGES='C')
+
     name = module.params['name']
     state = module.params['state']
     update_cache = module.params['update_cache']