diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/75021-dnf-support-non-english-env.yml b/changelogs/fragments/75021-dnf-support-non-english-env.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55dab8403dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/75021-dnf-support-non-english-env.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - dnf - support non-english environments (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75021)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py b/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py
index 770f2ca4e72..635646f5499 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py
@@ -343,19 +343,16 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import PY2, text_type
 from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.common.locale import get_best_parsable_locale
 from ansible.module_utils.common.respawn import has_respawned, probe_interpreters_for_module, respawn_module
 from ansible.module_utils.yumdnf import YumDnf, yumdnf_argument_spec
 
-try:
-    import dnf
-    import dnf.cli
-    import dnf.const
-    import dnf.exceptions
-    import dnf.subject
-    import dnf.util
-    HAS_DNF = True
-except ImportError:
-    HAS_DNF = False
+
+# NOTE dnf Python bindings import is postponed, see DnfModule._ensure_dnf(),
+# because we need AnsibleModule object to use get_best_parsable_locale()
+# to set proper locale before importing dnf to be able to scrape
+# the output in some cases (FIXME?).
+dnf = None
 
 
 class DnfModule(YumDnf):
@@ -531,6 +528,21 @@ class DnfModule(YumDnf):
         return rc
 
     def _ensure_dnf(self):
+        locale = get_best_parsable_locale(self.module)
+        os.environ['LC_ALL'] = os.environ['LC_MESSAGES'] = os.environ['LANG'] = locale
+
+        global dnf
+        try:
+            import dnf
+            import dnf.cli
+            import dnf.const
+            import dnf.exceptions
+            import dnf.subject
+            import dnf.util
+            HAS_DNF = True
+        except ImportError:
+            HAS_DNF = False
+
         if HAS_DNF:
             return
 
@@ -1298,10 +1310,6 @@ class DnfModule(YumDnf):
                 failure_response['msg'] = "Unknown Error occurred: {0}".format(to_native(e))
                 self.module.fail_json(**failure_response)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def has_dnf():
-        return HAS_DNF
-
     def run(self):
         """The main function."""
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/dnf/tasks/dnf.yml b/test/integration/targets/dnf/tasks/dnf.yml
index 7e6a8d8f489..9cfc44e3947 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/dnf/tasks/dnf.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/dnf/tasks/dnf.yml
@@ -816,3 +816,21 @@
         that:
           - nonexisting is success
           - nonexisting.msg == 'Nothing to do'
+
+# running on RHEL which is --remote where .mo language files are present
+# for dnf as opposed to in --docker
+- when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
+  block:
+    - dnf:
+        name: langpacks-ja
+        state: present
+
+    - dnf:
+        name: nginx-mod*
+        state: absent
+      environment:
+        LANG: ja_JP.UTF-8
+  always:
+    - dnf:
+        name: langpacks-ja
+        state: absent