diff --git a/R/find_rev.R b/R/find_rev.R
index 3e784949..422e91aa 100644
--- a/R/find_rev.R
+++ b/R/find_rev.R
@@ -285,9 +285,10 @@ fetchpkgs  <- function(git_pkgs, archive_pkgs){
 #'   ensures that Nix builds a completely coherent environment.
 #'   By default, the nix shell will be configured with `"en_US.UTF-8"` for the
 #'   relevant locale variables (`LANG`, `LC_ALL`, `LC_TIME`, `LC_MONETARY`,
-#'   `LC_PAPER`). This is done to ensure locale reproducibility by default 
-#'   in Nix environments. If there are good reasons to not stick to the default,
-#'   you can set your preferred locale variables via 
+#'   `LC_PAPER`, `LC_MEASUREMENT`). This is done to ensure locale
+#'   reproducibility by default in Nix environments created with `rix()`.
+#'   If there are good reasons to not stick to the default, you can set your
+#'   preferred locale variables via 
 #'   `options(rix.nix_locale_variables = list(LANG = "de_CH.UTF-8", <...>)`
 #'   and the aforementioned locale variable names. However, you should use 
 #'   UTF-8 locales since we import the `glibcLocalesUtf8` set only, to not 
@@ -478,7 +479,8 @@ get_system_pkgs(system_pkgs))
       LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8",
       LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8",
       LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8",
-      LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8"
+      LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8",
+      LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8"
     )
     locale_variables <- getOption(
       "rix.nix_locale_variables",
diff --git a/dev/build_envs.Rmd b/dev/build_envs.Rmd
index 12300850..9f0d8923 100644
--- a/dev/build_envs.Rmd
+++ b/dev/build_envs.Rmd
@@ -369,9 +369,10 @@ you use another IDE, you can leave the "ide" argument blank:
 #'   ensures that Nix builds a completely coherent environment.
 #'   By default, the nix shell will be configured with `"en_US.UTF-8"` for the
 #'   relevant locale variables (`LANG`, `LC_ALL`, `LC_TIME`, `LC_MONETARY`,
-#'   `LC_PAPER`). This is done to ensure locale reproducibility by default 
-#'   in Nix environments. If there are good reasons to not stick to the default,
-#'   you can set your preferred locale variables via 
+#'   `LC_PAPER`, `LC_MEASUREMENT`). This is done to ensure locale
+#'   reproducibility by default in Nix environments created with `rix()`.
+#'   If there are good reasons to not stick to the default, you can set your
+#'   preferred locale variables via 
 #'   `options(rix.nix_locale_variables = list(LANG = "de_CH.UTF-8", <...>)`
 #'   and the aforementioned locale variable names. However, you should use 
 #'   UTF-8 locales since we import the `glibcLocalesUtf8` set only, to not 
@@ -562,7 +563,8 @@ get_system_pkgs(system_pkgs))
       LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8",
       LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8",
       LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8",
-      LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8"
+      LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8",
+      LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8"
     )
     locale_variables <- getOption(
       "rix.nix_locale_variables",
diff --git a/man/rix.Rd b/man/rix.Rd
index c6e773a3..342cc8ba 100644
--- a/man/rix.Rd
+++ b/man/rix.Rd
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ version 2.2.1 release, then use the Nix revision closest to that date, by settin
 ensures that Nix builds a completely coherent environment.
 By default, the nix shell will be configured with \code{"en_US.UTF-8"} for the
 relevant locale variables (\code{LANG}, \code{LC_ALL}, \code{LC_TIME}, \code{LC_MONETARY},
-\code{LC_PAPER}). This is done to ensure locale reproducibility by default
-in Nix environments. If there are good reasons to not stick to the default,
-you can set your preferred locale variables via
+\code{LC_PAPER}, \code{LC_MEASUREMENT}). This is done to ensure locale
+reproducibility by default in Nix environments created with \code{rix()}.
+If there are good reasons to not stick to the default, you can set your
+preferred locale variables via
 \verb{options(rix.nix_locale_variables = list(LANG = "de_CH.UTF-8", <...>)}
 and the aforementioned locale variable names. However, you should use
 UTF-8 locales since we import the \code{glibcLocalesUtf8} set only, to not